Mental health and quality of life of Brazilian medical students: Incidence, prevalence, and associated factors within two years of follow-up

Moutinho, Ivana Lúcia Damásio; Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero; Ezequiel, Oscarina da Silva; Lucchetti, Giancarlo

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.041

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“…36 Furthermore, medical students from early phases of the program had more mental health symptoms than final year students. These findings are consistent with the available literature 20,24 and have been exhaustively scrutinized in a recent systematic review. 9 Concerning the relationship between stress symptoms (DASS-Stress) and sources of stress reported by medical students, we found that difficulty understanding the content, mental health issues, lower grades than peers, family relationships, and lack of time to study correlated significantly with this construct.…”

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The root of the problem: identifying major sources of stress in Brazilian medical students and developing the Medical Student Stress Factor Scale

Damiano

Oliveira

Ezequiel

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Braz. J. Psychiatry

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Objectives: To investigate the most common sources of stress faced by medical students and the degree to which different stressors impact their lives. As a secondary objective, a new instrument, Medical Student Stress Factor Scale (MSSF), was developed based on these stressors. Methods: The MSSF was applied to 431 medical students. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale was administered to investigate the relationship between these stressors and the students' mental health. Results: The five greatest stressors were the extensive content, lack of time to study, sleep deprivation, excessive self-pressure for good grades, and lack of leisure time. The MSSF showed good psychometric characteristics, resulting in a 28-item scale with five subscales. The Relationships and Health subscales were associated with depressive symptoms; Relationships, Health, and Learning Environment/Academic Performance were associated with anxiety symptoms, while Health, and Learning Environment/Academic Performance were associated with stress symptoms. Conclusions: Our study presents important data about the most important stressors that affect medical students' lives and cause mental health issues. The factors are generally related to academic performance and the learning environment and should be targeted in future interventions.

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“…This quick and easy instrument has shown good psychometric properties for analyzing symptoms of the three most prevalent mental health issues. It has also been used in a wide variety of populations, including medical students, [23][24][25] and was translated and validated for use in Brazil by Vignola et al 26…”

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The root of the problem: identifying major sources of stress in Brazilian medical students and developing the Medical Student Stress Factor Scale

Damiano

Oliveira

Ezequiel

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Braz. J. Psychiatry

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“…[ 9 ] Depression and anxiety among Brazilian medical students have been linked to poor mental health and QOL. [ 10 ]…”

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Association of quality of life with physical activity, depression, and demographic characteristics and its predictors among medical students

Ghassab-Abdollahi

Shakouri

Aghdam

et al. 2020

J Edu Health Promot

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BACKGROUND: Medical students face a variety of challenges during their years of medical education that can affect their quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to investigate the association of QOL with physical activity (PA), depression, and demographic characteristics, as well as to determine its predictors among medical students in different stages of education. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 186 medical students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in different educational stages including basic sciences, physiopathology, externship, and internship using stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using demographic questionnaire, International PA Questionnaire, World Health Organization QOL Questionnaire, and Beck depression inventory-2. Data analysis was performed using SPSS/Ver 23 through descriptive and analytic statistics including one-way analysis of variance, independent t -test, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient, and multivariate linear regression model. RESULTS: There were significant differences in total score of QOL among students in different stages ( P < 0.05). There were indirect significant correlations between total score of QOL (β [confidence interval 95%]:−0.85 [−1.11–−0.59]) and its all subdomains with Beck depression score but direct significant correlations with total PA ( P < 0.05) except for social relationship. Educational stage, employment status, family income, inhabitant, moderate PA, and depression were the predictors of QOL and altogether explained 63% of its variance. CONCLUSIONS: To pay attention to the predictors of QOL, life among medical students seems necessary for increasing their QOL to provide high-quality care for people with disabilities as well as for the whole community.

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“…Social environment refers to how a person interact with the environment surrounded and their culture or way of life. It is about relationship between the family, friends, officemates and local society [27]. Example of social environment factor is lack of social support and discrimination at workplaces.…”

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“…Financial problems become the main factors of mental health problems. Usually, when people having low financial situation, they attend to be stress and anxious [27]. Table 1 shows the comparison factors of mental health problems among higher education student.…”

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Prediction of Mental Health Problems among Higher Education Student Using Machine Learning

Shafiee¹,

Mutalib²

2020

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Mental health and quality of life of Brazilian medical students: Incidence, prevalence, and associated factors within two years of follow-up

Cited by 74 publications

References 37 publications

The root of the problem: identifying major sources of stress in Brazilian medical students and developing the Medical Student Stress Factor Scale

The root of the problem: identifying major sources of stress in Brazilian medical students and developing the Medical Student Stress Factor Scale

Association of quality of life with physical activity, depression, and demographic characteristics and its predictors among medical students

Prediction of Mental Health Problems among Higher Education Student Using Machine Learning

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