Measuring depression and anxiety prevalence among Iraqi healthcare college students using hospital anxiety and depression scale
| Autor: | Ali Azeez Al-Jumail, Noor Najah, Dema Ali Khalid, Sarmed H. Kathem, Malak Noor-Aldeen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Pharmacy Practice (Granada) v.19 n.2 2021 SciELO España. Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud instname SciELO España: Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) Pharmacy Practice Pharmacy Practice, Vol 19, Iss 2, p 2303 (2021) |
| Popis: | Objective : The study aimed to 1) measure the prevalence of depression and anxiety among Iraqi pharmacy and medical students at a number of universities in Baghdad using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and 2) investigate the associ ation between various sociodemographic factors and students’ HADS scores. Methods : This study was based on a cross - sectional descriptive design in four universities in Baghdad, Iraq. Depression and anxiety were screened using an Arabic version of the HADS. An online survey was administered via Qualtrics to convenience samples of students at four colleges of pharmacy and a college of medicine between March and June 2018. Multiple linear regression was u sed to identify factors associated with depression and a nxiety symptoms among the participants. Results : The researchers received 750 usable surveys. The participating students spent more time browsing social media (6.64 hours/day) than studying (1.92 hours/day) and exercising (2.83 hours/week). Approximately forty - six percent (45.9%) of the participants had scores that indicated depression symptoms and one - quarter (24.8%) had scores that indicated depression borderline symptoms. More than one - half (52.1%) of the participants had scores that indicated anxiety s ymptoms, while 20.1% had scores that indicated anxiety borderline symptoms. According to the multiple linear regression analysis, more depression and anxiet y symptoms were significantly (p - value < 0.05) associated with higher study hours weekly and lower sl eep hours at night, academic achievement, and colleagues and family social support during exams. Conclusions : Pharmacy and medical students may be vulnerable to depression and anxiety because of long study hours.. To reduce their levels of anxiety and depr ession, they may need more social support, more exercise, more sleep, less social media use and a lower academic workload |
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