Prevalence of Depression; A Cross-Sectional Study Among MBBS Students of Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha Pakistan

Uttra, Ambreen Malik; Uttra, Malik Ghulam Muhammad; Rauf, Abdul; Uttra, Mehreen Malik; Hasan, Umme Habiba; Batool, Amna

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“…Interestingly, depression was significantly higher among students in the lower age group and those studying in their 1st year of MBBS. This is consistent with a study conducted in Pakistan reporting higher rates of depression among students in earlier phases of their medical careers (Uttra et al 2017). Moreover, Puthran et al (2016 have found a reduced tendency of depression in later years of the medical course.…”

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Depression, sleeping pattern, and suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional pilot study

Hasan

Hossain

Gupta

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Background Depression is a major morbidity and the most common mental disorder among the medical students in medical schools globally. Undergraduate students suffer stress more due to their academic curriculum than the students of other faculties. In low-resource settings like Bangladesh, there is a dearth in research on the mental health of undergraduate medical students. This pilot study was conducted to add to the existing limited evidence by reporting the prevalence of depression and describing sleeping pattern and suicidal tendencies among medical students. Relevantly, we have investigated the overall mental health status among the medical students in Bangladesh. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in two medical colleges of Dhaka between July 2013 and December 2013, among 221 Bangladeshi medical students from first to fifth year. By the convenience sampling technique, data were collected by a pretested, structured, self-administered questionnaire and analysis was done by SPSS version 18.0. Depression was assessed by the validated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) tool among the respondents. Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used for assessing overall mental health status. Results Depression was found in 38.9% of participants, with 3.6%, 14.5%, and 20.8% being severe, moderate, and mild depression, respectively. 17.6% of medical students had suicidal tendency or attempted suicide at least once after attending medical school. The sleeping hours were inadequate and altered after starting this stressful academic course. 33.5% of medical students had poor mental health status. There was a statistically significant association between poor mental health status in the age group less than 22 years old and initial academic study year (1st to 3rd of MBBS). Conclusion The findings are suggestive of a higher prevalence of depression among early-year medical students and marginal predominance in males. Suicidal tendency is also higher. This calls for further investigation with situation analysis, qualitative explorations, and surveys to explore the burden of such disorders in Bangladesh.

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Depression, sleeping pattern, and suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional pilot study

Hasan

Hossain

Gupta

et al. 2020

J Public Health (Berl.)

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“…Interestingly, depression was significantly higher among students in the lower age group and those studying in the first year of MBBS. This is in consistent with a study conducted in Pakistan reporting higher rates of depression among students in earlier phases of medical carrier (Uttra et al 2017). Moreover, Puthran et al have found a reduced tendency of depression in later years of the medical course (Puthran et al 2016).…”

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Depression, sleeping pattern & suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

Hasan¹

2020

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Background: Depression is a major morbidity and the most common mental disorder among the medical students in medical schools globally. Undergraduate students suffer stress more due to their academic curriculum than the students of other faculties. In low resource settings like Bangladesh, there is a dearth in research on mental health of undergraduate medical students. This pilot study was conducted to add to the existing limited evidence by reporting the prevalence of depression, describing sleeping pattern & suicidal tendencies among medical students. Relevantly, we have investigated to the overall mental health status among the medical students in Bangladesh. Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted in two medical colleges of Dhaka in between July 2013 to December 2013, among 221 Bangladeshi medical students from first to fifth year. By convenient sampling technique, data were collected by a pretested, structured, self-administered questionnaire and analysis was done by SPSS 18.0 version. Depression were assessed by validated PHQ-9 tool among the respondents. Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used for assessing overall mental health status.Results: Depression was found in 38.9% of participants with 3.6%, 14.5%, 20.8% of being either severe, moderate and mild depression respectively. 17.6% medical students had suicidal tendency or attempted suicide at least for once after attending medical school. The sleeping hours were inadequate and altered after starting this stressful academic course. 33.5% medical students had poor mental health status. There was a statistically significant association between poor mental health status with age group of less than 22 years and initial academic study year (1st to 3rd of MBBS). Conclusion:The findings are suggestive of a higher prevalence of depression among early year medical students and marginal predominance in males. Suicidal tendency is also higher. These calls for further investigation with situation analysis, qualitative explorations and surveys to explore the burden of such disorders in Bangladesh.

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“…Other studies also show similar findings regarding the academic year of medical students and their mental health [13,18,19]. Interestingly, the during COVID-19 pandemic, doing physical exercise was linked to decreased depression and anxiety.…”

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Mental health issues among medical students: Exploring predictors of mental health in Dhaka during COVID-19 pandemic

Lama

Ahad

2023

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Background Mental health has always been under the shadow of everyone's belief about their health. Concerns about mental health have already risen in the whole world. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused havoc worldwide, notably in the educational system. It has been difficult to quantify the influence of COVID-19 on the mental health of medical students in Bangladesh. Aims This study was conducted to assess medical students’ mental health status in Dhaka during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This study was undertaken at Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh and 359 medical students were the primary respondents for this study. Results Depression, anxiety and stress were found in around half of the study participants. Overall, three-fourth of the medical students had poor mental health status. The research study showed that depression, anxiety and stress were dependent on various socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of medical students. Conclusion Poor mental health is still highly prevalent in the medical students. Different factors like age, gender, academic year, and physical exercise behavior have affected medical students' mental health. This calls for attention towards the needs of the more vulnerable demographics and creating a welcoming environment for medical students.

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Prevalence of Depression; A Cross-Sectional Study Among MBBS Students of Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha Pakistan

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Depression, sleeping pattern, and suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional pilot study

Depression, sleeping pattern, and suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional pilot study

Depression, sleeping pattern & suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

Mental health issues among medical students: Exploring predictors of mental health in Dhaka during COVID-19 pandemic

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Depression, sleeping pattern, and suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional pilot study

Depression, sleeping pattern, and suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional pilot study

Depression, sleeping pattern &amp; suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

Mental health issues among medical students: Exploring predictors of mental health in Dhaka during COVID-19 pandemic

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