Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

Objective: A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, thoughts and behaviors. This study was performed to identify the presence of depression among medical students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 under...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aghakhani, Nader, Sharif Nia, Hamid, Eghtedar, Samereh, Rahbar, Narges, Jasemi, Madineh, Mesgar Zadeh, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2011
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3939964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24644458
_version_ 1782305754140639232
author Aghakhani, Nader
Sharif Nia, Hamid
Eghtedar, Samereh
Rahbar, Narges
Jasemi, Madineh
Mesgar Zadeh, Maryam
author_facet Aghakhani, Nader
Sharif Nia, Hamid
Eghtedar, Samereh
Rahbar, Narges
Jasemi, Madineh
Mesgar Zadeh, Maryam
author_sort Aghakhani, Nader
collection PubMed
description Objective: A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, thoughts and behaviors. This study was performed to identify the presence of depression among medical students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 undergraduate medical and basic sciences students. Beck depression inventory (BDI) used for data gathering. Results: Mean score of BDI was 10.4 ± 0.8 and 52.6% of students scored under the depression threshold. Four of them had severe depression. Results showed no significant relationship between depression and age, education, sex, rank of birth or duration of education. Conclusion: Prevalence of depression that can affect the students’ quality of education and social behavior was high in Urmia University of Medical Sciences.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3939964
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2011
publisher Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-39399642014-03-18 Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran) Aghakhani, Nader Sharif Nia, Hamid Eghtedar, Samereh Rahbar, Narges Jasemi, Madineh Mesgar Zadeh, Maryam Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci Brief Report Objective: A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, thoughts and behaviors. This study was performed to identify the presence of depression among medical students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 undergraduate medical and basic sciences students. Beck depression inventory (BDI) used for data gathering. Results: Mean score of BDI was 10.4 ± 0.8 and 52.6% of students scored under the depression threshold. Four of them had severe depression. Results showed no significant relationship between depression and age, education, sex, rank of birth or duration of education. Conclusion: Prevalence of depression that can affect the students’ quality of education and social behavior was high in Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3939964/ /pubmed/24644458 Text en © 2011, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Report
Aghakhani, Nader
Sharif Nia, Hamid
Eghtedar, Samereh
Rahbar, Narges
Jasemi, Madineh
Mesgar Zadeh, Maryam
Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
title Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
title_full Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
title_fullStr Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
title_short Prevalence of Depression Among Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
title_sort prevalence of depression among students of urmia university of medical sciences (iran)
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3939964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24644458
work_keys_str_mv AT aghakhaninader prevalenceofdepressionamongstudentsofurmiauniversityofmedicalsciencesiran
AT sharifniahamid prevalenceofdepressionamongstudentsofurmiauniversityofmedicalsciencesiran
AT eghtedarsamereh prevalenceofdepressionamongstudentsofurmiauniversityofmedicalsciencesiran
AT rahbarnarges prevalenceofdepressionamongstudentsofurmiauniversityofmedicalsciencesiran
AT jasemimadineh prevalenceofdepressionamongstudentsofurmiauniversityofmedicalsciencesiran
AT mesgarzadehmaryam prevalenceofdepressionamongstudentsofurmiauniversityofmedicalsciencesiran

Ejemplares similares