1. Factors associated with depressive symptoms in a sample of Brazilian medical students
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Paula Natalie Arraes Guedes Macedo, Luciana Loureiro Nardotto, Luiz Henrique Junqueira Dieckmann, Yngrid Dieguez Ferreira, Barbara Arraes Guedes Macedo, Maria Aparecida Pedrosa dos Santos, and Mario Alfredo De Marco
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Depression ,Students ,Medicine ,Prevalence ,Education (General) ,L7-991 ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
OBJECTIVES: 1 - Verify the prevalence of depressive symptoms in first to fourth-year medical students using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). 2 - Establish correlations between target factors and higher or lower BDI scores. 3 - Investigate the relationship between the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the demand for psychological care offered by the Centro Universitário Lusíada. METHOD: Cross-sectional study of 290 first to fourth-year medical students; implementation of the BDI, socio-demographic survey, and evaluation of satisfaction with progress. RESULTS: The study sample was 59% female and 41% male. Mean BDI was 6.3 (SD 5.8). Overall prevalence of depressive symptoms was 23.1%. The following associations were statistically significant (p
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