Introducción: Muchos problemas de salud mental tienden a aparecer al final de la infancia o al comienzo de la adolescencia, según estudios más recientes, los problemas de salud mental constituyen la principal causa de morbilidad en los jóvenes Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio de corte transversal en una muestra de 520 estudiantes, utilizando el cuestionario autoadministrado DASS-21, que permitió establecer la prevalencia de depresión, estrés y ansiedad, El análisis estadístico se realizó mediante la prueba no paramétrica de independencia. Resultados: El promedio de edad de fue de 18.06 (DE ±1.82) años, el 80.8% de la población eran mujeres y un 19.2% eran hombres. El 19.9% tiene algún grado de ansiedad, 36.9% algún grado de depresión y 19.8% de estrés. Conclusiones: Los componentes de la prueba DASS (depresión, ansiedad y estrés) están asociados, en el género femenino se encontró asociación depresión-ansiedad, ansiedad-estrés y depresión-ansiedad y en hombres solamente depresión-ansiedad. Abstract Many mental health problems tend to appear at the end of childhood at the beginning of adolescence, according to more recent studies, mental health problems are the main cause of morbidity in young people Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 520 students, using the self-administered questionnaire DASS-21, which allowed to establish the prevalence of depression, stress and anxiety. The statistical analysis was carried out using the nonparametric test of independence. Results: The average age was 18.06 (SD ± 1.82) years, 80.8% of the population were women and 19.2% were men. 19.9% have some degree of anxiety, 36.9% some degree of depression and 19.8% stress. Conclusions: The components of the DASS test (depression, anxiety and stress) are associated, it was found association of depression-anxiety, anxiety-stress and depression-anxiety in women and in only depression-anxiety in men.
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