Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and academic stress among medical students during different periods of stress
Objective: To determine the prevalence and severity of anxiety, depression and academic stress, as well as to evaluate the variation between a high stress level period (hsp) and a low stress level period (lsp). Methods: A longitudinal descriptive study was performed, using the Beck’s anxiety-depress...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Atención Familiar |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/76891 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/76891 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Anxiety Depression Academic Stress University Students ansiedad depresión estrés académico estudiantes universitarios |
| Resumo: | Objective: To determine the prevalence and severity of anxiety, depression and academic stress, as well as to evaluate the variation between a high stress level period (hsp) and a low stress level period (lsp). Methods: A longitudinal descriptive study was performed, using the Beck’s anxiety-depression inventories and academic stress, during a period of examinations and another free of evaluation in medicine students at the Universidad Veracruzana. Results: A prevalence of 75.4% of anxiety symptoms was observed in the hsp, decreasing 10.8% in lsp. There were 41% depressive symptoms in the hsp, decreasing 30.6% in lsp. Academic stress was observed in 70% in the hsp, decreasing 19.5% in lsp, in both periods, the main stressors were exams, academic overload, lack of time and expositions. Conclusion: There is a significant decrease between the hsp and lsp, however, in the latter high levels of anxiety, depression and academic stress prevail. |
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