Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms of Undergraduate Medicine Students from Puebla, Mexico
Objective: to identify the prevalence of depressive symptoms in undergraduate medicine students of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (fmbuap) enrolled in the eighth semester. Methods: observational, single center and cross-sectional study; it was taken as a population sample of 63 studen...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Atención Familiar |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/57356 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/57356 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | prevalence depressive symptoms students medicine prevalencia síntomas depresivos estudiantes medicina |
| Sumario: | Objective: to identify the prevalence of depressive symptoms in undergraduate medicine students of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (fmbuap) enrolled in the eighth semester. Methods: observational, single center and cross-sectional study; it was taken as a population sample of 63 students of the fmbuap who were pursuing a degree; 31 women and 32 men with an age range of 20 to 23 years. It was applied the questionnaire about the health of the patient (phq-9), assessing depressive symptoms. Results: 95.23% mentioned at least a symptom in the last two weeks, near 31.72% of the students could have a diagnosis of major depressive syndrome. The most prevalent symptoms: feeling tired or with low-energy 88.88%; followed by have trouble sleeping or oversleeping 63.49%; and 44.44% chose to catalogue the impact in their life as difficult. Conclusions: it is proposed to make preventive plans with the purpose of avoiding negative effects in the academic development. |
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