Background : Medical education is a stressful professional course . Periodic assessment of students is imperative to identify psychological problems like depression which adversely affect the physical, social and mental well being of the students . Methods :It was a cross sectional study conducted among undergraduate students of a medical college in Gaya, Bihar. Sociodemographic details were collected using a proforma . Beck's depression inventory ( BDI) was used to assess depression and its severity. Statistical analysis was done and results tabulated. Results: 57 % students were found to be suffering from depression maximum of which were of mild degree(45%) . Maximum students of nal year were found to be depressed (60%) followed closely by rst year students ( 56%). Conclusion : Medical students are vulnerable to psychological problems like depression. Early identication can help can help them cope with life situations better
Background Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Depression has been known to be widely associated with chronic systemic conditions. This common psychiatric co- morbidity is often neglected in medical set up which increases the healthcare burden and adversely affects the treatment outcome of patients suffering from tuberculosis. Material and methods 100 consecutive patients suffering from pulmonary TB admitted in Chest and Tuberculosis Department,ANMCH,Gaya giving written informed consent were assessed using a form for sociodemographic details and for depression using Beck's Depression Inventory(BDI). Statistical evaluation was done using Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software and results analyzed and tabulated. Results Depression was found in 41% of the patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.In terms of severity,moderate level of depression was reported among the patients in highest fraction i.e 57%. Conclusion The relation between tuberculosis and Depression is bidirectional .The chronicity of TB is likely to be associated with psychological problems like depression which adversely affect the prognosis of TB in the affected patients.
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