Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students

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Autor(a) principal: Moreira de Sousa, João
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Moreira, Cátia A., Telles Correia, Diogo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44672
Resumo: Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2020
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spelling Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical studentsAnsiedade, depressão e performance académica: um estudo em estudantes portugueses de medicina versus estudantes de outros cursosAcademic performanceAnxietyDepressionStress, PsychologicalStudents, MedicalCopyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2020Introduction: The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Portuguese medical students compared to students of other faculties, and the possible impact those symptoms have on academic performance. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 750 students: 512 medical students and 238 nonmedical students. All students anonymously completed a socio-demographic survey and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test, Mann-Whitney test, Spearman correlation coefficient or KruskalWallis test. Results: We found a prevalence of 21.5% (n = 161) for anxiety symptoms and 3.7% (n = 28) for depressive symptoms. Being a medical student was more significantly associated with symptoms of anxiety (p = 0.034) compared with other students. Depressive symptoms were slightly associated with poor academic performance (p < 0.01). A percentage of 59.6% (n = 96) of students with anxiety symptoms and 46.4% (n = 13) of students with depressive symptoms did not seek medical or psychological care at that time. Discussion: Medical students in this sample seem to have more symptoms of anxiety, possibly explained by a higher number of female students in that sample. Depressive symptoms could be associated with poor academic performance in both groups, but an evident correlation was not established. Conclusion: Considering the high levels of anxiety symptoms, the possible impact of depressive symptoms in academic performance and the lack of psychiatric or psychological follow-up reported in this study, it is urgent to develop adequate means of support to improve students’ well-being and mental health.Ordem dos MédicosRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMoreira de Sousa, JoãoMoreira, Cátia A.Telles Correia, Diogo2020-10-27T16:38:24Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/44672engActa Med Port 2018 Sep;31(9):454-4621646-075810.20344/amp.9996info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:45:53Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/44672Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:57:12.426944Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
Ansiedade, depressão e performance académica: um estudo em estudantes portugueses de medicina versus estudantes de outros cursos
title Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
spellingShingle Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
Moreira de Sousa, João
Academic performance
Anxiety
Depression
Stress, Psychological
Students, Medical
title_short Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
title_full Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
title_fullStr Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
title_sort Anxiety, depression and academic performance: a study amongst Portuguese medical students versus non-medical students
author Moreira de Sousa, João
author_facet Moreira de Sousa, João
Moreira, Cátia A.
Telles Correia, Diogo
author_role author
author2 Moreira, Cátia A.
Telles Correia, Diogo
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Moreira de Sousa, João
Moreira, Cátia A.
Telles Correia, Diogo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Academic performance
Anxiety
Depression
Stress, Psychological
Students, Medical
topic Academic performance
Anxiety
Depression
Stress, Psychological
Students, Medical
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