P.722 No difference in prevalence of common mental disorders in medical students before and during COVID-19 quarantine in a prospective study

Autor: Beatriz Astolfi Neves, Fabricio Petermann Choueiri Miskulin, Amanda Victoria Casagrande, Mariana Berwerth Pereira, T. C. R. P. Da Silva, B. C. Almeida, T. Perissotto, Salma Rose Imanari Ribeiz, Paula Villela Nunes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: European Neuropsychopharmacology
ISSN: 0924-977X
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.09.532
Popis: Introduction: Common mental disorders (CMDs) are indicators of non-psychotic mental problems that can have socioeconomic impact There are few studies of CMDs in medical students As the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic was installed quarantine and lockdown made people isolate themselves to protect and prevent COVID-19 contamination and teaching activities in pre-internship was mainly remote The impact on mental health of such new scenario should be investigated Aims: This study aims to evaluate prospectively during 3 years the prevalence of CMDs in medical students of before and during COVID-19 quarantine Materials and Methods: Students from the first to the fourth-year class in 2018 were invited to participate completing self-administered questionnaires in 2018 In the following years of 2019 and in 2020 during the COVID-19 quarantine they were also invited to participate CMDs were evaluated through the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SQR-20) created by World Health Organization to screen for emotional distress The SQR-20 is composed by 20 questions with yes/no answers and the cut-off point used was 7 This protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee Groups were compared using Qui-square test for categorical variables and Kruskall-Wallis test for continuous variables Results: In the years 2018, 2019, and during COVID-19 2020 quarantine 860 students responded the questionnaires The mean age was 22 6±3 7 years and 64 3% were female SQR-20≥7 (above cut-off for CMD) frequency was 60 5% and mean scores were 8 2±4 6 No difference was found in the sample in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 both for SQR-20≥7 (62 2%, 60 9%, and 59 2%, respectively;p=0 762) and SQR scores (8 4±4 7, 8 2±4 6, and 7 8±4 4, respectively;p=0 351) The first-year class in 2018 did not change SQR-20≥7 frequencies in 2019 and 2020: 66 7%, 72 3%, and 64 0%, respectively (p=0 568), nor SQR scores: 9 1±4 7, 9 5±4 3 and 8 6±4 5, respectively (p=0 502) Similar results were found in the other year classes The second-year class in 2018 did not change SQR-20≥7 frequencies in 2019 and 2020: 65 6%, 66 2%, and 61 1%, respectively (p=0 812), nor SQR scores: 8 7±4 7, 8 7±4 5 and 8 1±4 5, respectively (p=0 620) The third-year class in 2018 did not change SQR-20≥7 frequencies in 2019 and 2020 (in internship): 55 2%, 52 6%, and 48 8%, respectively (p=0 782), nor SQR scores: 7 7±5 1, 7 2±4 9 and 6 6±4 7, respectively (p=0 491) Finally, the fourth-year class in 2018 did not change SQR-20≥7 frequencies in 2019 and 2020 (both in internship): 60 3%, 42 9%, and 59 0%, respectively (p=0 258), nor SQR scores: 8 0±4 3, 6 8±4 4 and 7 7±4 0, respectively (p=0 318) Conclusions: Surprisingly the prevalence of CMDs in Jundiai Medical School students did not change during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as compared with the years of 2018 and 2019 Probably the maintenance of remote teaching (for the students from the first to the fourth-year class) and the maintenance of internship (for the students from the fifth to the sixth-year class) was sufficient for this sample Studies from other universities should be granted to confirm this scenario No conflict of interest
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