Depression among Medical versus Non-Medical Students in Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukaramah, Saudi Arabia

Alkot, Mohammad

doi:10.11648/j.ajpn.20170501.11

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“…This finding was higher than that reported among medical students at King Faisal University in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia (16.2%) [12]. However, our result was lower than that reported among medical students in Albaha University in Albaha neighboring city (53.8%) [13], in Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukaramah (34.5%) [6], and in King Saud University, Riyadh capital (48.2%) [19]. In neighboring countries, the prevalence of depression among medical students found to be 17.2% in Oman [20], and 40 % in Bahrain [21].…”

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“…Medical students are seen under a noticeable degree of psychological morbidity ranging from stress, interpersonal problems and suicidal ideation to psychiatric disorders compared with other populations [1,5]. The potential effects of depression on medical students include impairment of functioning in classroom and patient care settings that would reflect negatively on the community health [1,6].…”

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its predicted factors among medical students in University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia

Alshahrani¹,

Alharthi²,

Alamri³

et al. 2020

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Background: Identification of the potential factors of depression among medical students is the first step towards academic excellence and future safe medical practice. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during a period from November 2019 to February 2020 at the University of Bisha, College of Medicine (UBCOM), Bisha province, Saudi Arabia. Medical students from year one to year six were involved. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data about socio-demographic and academic characteristics of students. The Arabic version of the PHQ-9 scale with a score of ≥10 was used for diagnosis depressive. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the prevalence and risk of depression.Results: Of the 190 students enrolled, 26.8% had depressive symptoms, of which 45.1% were having moderate to severe symptoms. The highest proportion of depression was found among second-year students (43.8%), followed by sixth-year students (41.2%), whereas lowest proportion of depression reported among first-year students (8.9%). Univariate regression revealed significant associations between depression and un-satisfaction of family income, loss of family members, having psychological illness, difficulties in personal relationships, regretted study medicine, failure in academic year, a lower grade than expected, conflict with tutors, lack of college facilities and heavy academic load. In multivariate analysis, loss of a family members (AOR=0.077; 95% CI 0.013-0.451), difficulties in personal relationships (AOR=2.371; 95% CI 1.009-5.575), regret study medicine (AOR=3.764; 95% CI 1.657-8.550), failed in academic year (AOR=2.559; 95% CI 1.112-5.887) were independently associated with depression.Conclusion: The study concluded that medical students at UBCOM also experience the existence of depressive symptoms associated with various risk indicators. Optimizing the educational and social environment coupled with infrastructure facilities at UBCOM might promote students' mental health and well-being.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its predicted factors among medical students in University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia

Alshahrani¹,

Alharthi²,

Alamri³

et al. 2020

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“…There was a high rate of depression among the College of Medicine and College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture 34.5% and 34.8%, respectively, while the college of Islamic studies is 22.7%. [ 30 ]…”

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“…We included the following studies, comparison among students of all 5 years and those not being enrolled yet (premedical year students),[ 29 ] comparative studies between medical and non-medical students,[ 30 31 ] an article applying migraine, tension headache, and depression. [ 32 ]…”

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The prevalence and associated factors of depression among medical students of Saudi Arabia: A systematic review

AlJaber

2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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The main purpose of our review study was to estimate depression prevalence among Saudi Arabian medical students according to the published articles and try to reveal the main associated factors. A systematic search was performed through PubMed/Medline and Google Scholar databases. A review of 18 studies published between January 2010 and March 2019 was composed of the following selection of necessary articles approved by PICO (population, intervention, control, and outcomes) criteria. The prevalence of depression among medical students of Saudi Arabia ranged from 30.9% to 77.6% with a mean prevalence of 51.5%. Depression severity was evaluated by various questionnaires, so we summarized the extracted data and revealed that medical students tend to have moderate to severe depression to a greater extent than mild depressive symptoms (33.27% vs 29.9%). The findings of this review suggest a high incidence of depression among medical students and the influence of associate sociodemographic factors. Females are considered to be at a higher risk of depression. First-year medical students are the most susceptible to develop depressive symptoms. Smoking is strongly associated with depression severity. Marital status, eating habits, usage of stimulants, and sleep disturbances are within significant findings of our review study.

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“…Alkot et al (2017) in a study on students of the different discipline of a public university observed that both male and female medical students had the highest rate of depression compared to non-medical students. 5 In a random-effects meta-analysis Rotenstein et al (2016) extracted data from 167 cross-sectional studies (n=1,16,628) and 16 longitudinal studies (n=5,728) from 43 countries and observed prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms among 27.2% medical students and that of suicidal ideation among 11.1% (means 13,581) medical students. 6 The early identification of individuals belonging to the risk group is important.…”

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Stressors perceived by the clinical undergraduate medical students towards the end of course

Habib

Rahman

Manara

et al. 2019

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal

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Response or reaction of the mind to the pressure of life is stress. Medical students of Bangladesh are in stress to meet the demands of the curriculum. This study was conducted on the regularly passed final year students of a medical college to find out the nature of stresses perceived by them. The response was collected on a validated structured set of questionnaire, 3 weeks prior to the University level summative examination and 63 students (33 male and 30 female) participated in the study. Stress was expressed in five levels and scored as 0 to 4. Academic related factors were identified as maximum stress provoking (2.5 ± 1.3) than group activity (1.6 ± 1.4), drive (1.4 ± 1.5), teaching-learning (2.3 ± 1.3), personnel (1.8 ± 1.6) or social (1.9 ± 1.5) related factors. Of that group of stress, ‘falling behind reading schedule’ and ‘large amount of content to be learned’ were revealed as heavy stressors. Examination was identified as a severe stressor in 42.4% male, but was marked less (16.7%) in the female. ‘Too much restriction in the campus’ was observed as heavy stressors among the factors other than the academic related stressors. Students may be motivated to develop a coping strategy for academic and teaching-learning related stress.

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Depression among Medical versus Non-Medical Students in Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukaramah, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its predicted factors among medical students in University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its predicted factors among medical students in University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia

The prevalence and associated factors of depression among medical students of Saudi Arabia: A systematic review

Stressors perceived by the clinical undergraduate medical students towards the end of course

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