Prevalência de transtornos mentais menores em estudantes universitários

Abstract

O presente estudo é parte da pesquisa de doutorado que teve por objetivo estimar a prevalência de Transtornos Mentais Menores (TMM) na população de estudantes universitários dos cursos de Ciência da Computação, Direito, Letras e Enfermagem, da Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul e do curso de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, como também verificar a associação de algumas variáveis sociais e acadêmicas com os TMM. O estudo incluiu todos os estudantes dos referidos cursos, matriculados no primeiro semestre de 2002, e foi do tipo corte transversal. A pesquisa contou com uma amostra de 558 sujeitos, sendo 396 (71%) do sexo feminino e 161 (29%) do sexo masculino. Para coleta dos dados utilizaram-se dois questionários auto-aplicáveis: QSG-60 e QDSD. Constatou-se uma prevalência de 25% de TMM entre os estudantes, destacando-se, como transtorno principal, os distúrbios psicossomáticos.

Suicidal Ideation in University Students: Prevalence and Association With School and Gender

“…Cavestro and Rocha (2006) highlighted the case of occupational therapy students due to the high percentage of students with depressive symptoms and at risk for dying by suicide when compared with medicine or physiotherapy students. Also, nursing students expressed a higher percentage of mental disorders than law students (Cerchiari et al, 2005).…”

“…Some studies suggest that students whose education, in one way or another, involved studying Human Beings and their modus vivendi (Cerchiari et al, 2005) express the most severe levels of psychological suffering. For example, Cerchiari et al (2005) found a higher percentage of mental disorders in nursing students in comparison to computer sciences students. However, there are differences even between courses related, in one way or another, to the Human Being.…”

“…Cavestro and Rocha (2006) found that occupational therapy students are four times more likely to develop depression and risk of suicide than physiotherapy or nursing students. Some studies suggest that nursing and human sciences students have a higher prevalence of psychological disorders (34% and 22%, respectively) and death wishes (18% and 19%, respectively) than computer sciences students (9% prevalence of psychological disorders and 4% of death wishes) (Cerchiari, Caetano, & Faccenda, 2005). Overall, the research suggests that psychological distress is more common in students of sciences related to the Human Being (Cerchiari et al, 2005).…”

Prevalência de Sintomas de Ansiedade e Depressão em Estudantes de Medicina

“…Dentre esses transtornos, os depressivos e de ansiedade são os mais frequentes 1,2,3 . Em Dubai, um estudo demonstrou que 28,6% dos estudantes de Medicina apresentavam depressão e 28,7% manifestavam ansiedade 4 .…”

Biosocial-academic profile and stress in first- and fourth-year nursing students

“…The levels of these conditions have already proved to be higher among students than in the general population in Brazil. (7) At the international context, a study carried out with 700 university students from Spain found that 65.9% had symptoms of anxiety and depression, 42% were predisposed to mental exhaustion, 52.1% were socially dysfunctional, and 64% showed signs of emotional hardening, with an impact on students' interaction with patients, peers and professors. (8) This can interfere with the quality of care provided during the internships and in professional practice, when individuals should be able to evaluate and make their own decisions.…”