Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years

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Autor(a) principal: Costa,Edméa Fontes de Oliva
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Mendes,Carlos Mauricio Cardeal, Andrade,Tarcísio Matos de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online)
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Resumo: Summary Introduction: Becoming a medical doctor is a very complex process. Factors related to the student’s personality, the educational process and the daily experience with death contribute to peculiar psycho-emotional experiences, not always properly investigated during medical training. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and associated factors, over six years of medical undergraduate course among all students of a class at a public university in Brazil. Method: Cross-sectional study based on repeated surveys. All 40 students enrolled in 2006 in the first year of our medical school were included and evaluated annually until 2011 using the SRQ-20 and a structured questionnaire prepared by the authors on sociodemographic, personal and educational aspects. We performed logistic regression and correspondence analysis. Results: The 40 freshmen in the first evaluation had a mean age of 20 years (SD=2.4), 57.5% were female, and 41% were approved after taking their third entrance exam. The prevalence of CMD increased over the years: from 12.5% in the first year to 43.2% in the fifth. The following variables were potentially associated with CMD: female sex (PR=1.38), originating from capital cities (PR=1.97), the program was less than they expected (PR=3.20), discomfort with program activities (PR=2.10), dissatisfaction with teaching strategies (PR=1.38), and feeling that the program is not a source of pleasure (PR=2.06), being R2=28.8% and AIC=60.04. Conclusion: The factors potentially associated with the high prevalence of CMD were those related to medical training, showing that it is necessary to implement preventive measures and review the educational process in order to reduce the damages caused by the development of CMD.
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spelling Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six yearsmental disordersmedical studentsmental healthmedical educationoccupational healthSummary Introduction: Becoming a medical doctor is a very complex process. Factors related to the student’s personality, the educational process and the daily experience with death contribute to peculiar psycho-emotional experiences, not always properly investigated during medical training. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and associated factors, over six years of medical undergraduate course among all students of a class at a public university in Brazil. Method: Cross-sectional study based on repeated surveys. All 40 students enrolled in 2006 in the first year of our medical school were included and evaluated annually until 2011 using the SRQ-20 and a structured questionnaire prepared by the authors on sociodemographic, personal and educational aspects. We performed logistic regression and correspondence analysis. Results: The 40 freshmen in the first evaluation had a mean age of 20 years (SD=2.4), 57.5% were female, and 41% were approved after taking their third entrance exam. The prevalence of CMD increased over the years: from 12.5% in the first year to 43.2% in the fifth. The following variables were potentially associated with CMD: female sex (PR=1.38), originating from capital cities (PR=1.97), the program was less than they expected (PR=3.20), discomfort with program activities (PR=2.10), dissatisfaction with teaching strategies (PR=1.38), and feeling that the program is not a source of pleasure (PR=2.06), being R2=28.8% and AIC=60.04. Conclusion: The factors potentially associated with the high prevalence of CMD were those related to medical training, showing that it is necessary to implement preventive measures and review the educational process in order to reduce the damages caused by the development of CMD.Associação Médica Brasileira2017-19-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302017000900771Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira v.63 n.9 2017reponame:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online)instname:Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB)instacron:AMB10.1590/1806-9282.63.09.771info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCosta,Edméa Fontes de OlivaMendes,Carlos Mauricio CardealAndrade,Tarcísio Matos deeng2018-02-22T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0104-42302017000900771Revistahttps://ramb.amb.org.br/ultimas-edicoes/#https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||ramb@amb.org.br1806-92820104-4230opendoar:2018-02-22T00:00Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online) - Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB)false
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title Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
spellingShingle Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
Costa,Edméa Fontes de Oliva
mental disorders
medical students
mental health
medical education
occupational health
title_short Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
title_full Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
title_fullStr Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
title_full_unstemmed Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
title_sort Common mental disorders in medical students: A repeated cross-sectional study over six years
author Costa,Edméa Fontes de Oliva
author_facet Costa,Edméa Fontes de Oliva
Mendes,Carlos Mauricio Cardeal
Andrade,Tarcísio Matos de
author_role author
author2 Mendes,Carlos Mauricio Cardeal
Andrade,Tarcísio Matos de
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa,Edméa Fontes de Oliva
Mendes,Carlos Mauricio Cardeal
Andrade,Tarcísio Matos de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv mental disorders
medical students
mental health
medical education
occupational health
topic mental disorders
medical students
mental health
medical education
occupational health
description Summary Introduction: Becoming a medical doctor is a very complex process. Factors related to the student’s personality, the educational process and the daily experience with death contribute to peculiar psycho-emotional experiences, not always properly investigated during medical training. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and associated factors, over six years of medical undergraduate course among all students of a class at a public university in Brazil. Method: Cross-sectional study based on repeated surveys. All 40 students enrolled in 2006 in the first year of our medical school were included and evaluated annually until 2011 using the SRQ-20 and a structured questionnaire prepared by the authors on sociodemographic, personal and educational aspects. We performed logistic regression and correspondence analysis. Results: The 40 freshmen in the first evaluation had a mean age of 20 years (SD=2.4), 57.5% were female, and 41% were approved after taking their third entrance exam. The prevalence of CMD increased over the years: from 12.5% in the first year to 43.2% in the fifth. The following variables were potentially associated with CMD: female sex (PR=1.38), originating from capital cities (PR=1.97), the program was less than they expected (PR=3.20), discomfort with program activities (PR=2.10), dissatisfaction with teaching strategies (PR=1.38), and feeling that the program is not a source of pleasure (PR=2.06), being R2=28.8% and AIC=60.04. Conclusion: The factors potentially associated with the high prevalence of CMD were those related to medical training, showing that it is necessary to implement preventive measures and review the educational process in order to reduce the damages caused by the development of CMD.
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