Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study
Background: The mental health of health students is considered a public health issue which increased dramatically with the COVID 19’s pandemic. Few studies have assessed the prevalence of depression in medical, pharmacy, and dental students. Our goal was to assess mental health in health students fr...
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| description | Background: The mental health of health students is considered a public health issue which increased dramatically with the COVID 19’s pandemic. Few studies have assessed the prevalence of depression in medical, pharmacy, and dental students. Our goal was to assess mental health in health students from the same university and identify the associated factors. Methods: An online survey was sent to the health students of the University of Paris in 3 specialties (medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry). We used the Hospitalization Anxiety and Depression scale, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (with 2 versions: the Human Services Survey for clinical students and residents and the Student survey for the others). The presence of suicidal ideation, humiliation, sexual harassment, and sexual aggression over twelve-months was also measured. We performed multivariable logistic regression analyses to identify the associated factors of Major Depressive Episodes (MDE). Findings: 1925 students answered the survey. The overall prevalence of 7-day anxiety and depressive symptoms, MDE, suicidal ideation, humiliation, sexual harassment, and sexual aggression were 55%, 23%, 26%, 19%, 19%, 22%, and 5.5%, respectively. Burnout was present in 42% of nonclinical students and 65% of clinical students and residents. Multivariable logistic regression identified several associated factors of MDE: moderate (OR = 1.49,CI95[1.17-1.90]) or major (OR = 2.32,CI95[1.68-3.20]) subjective financial difficulties, humiliation (OR = 1.71,CI95[1.28-2.28]), sexual abuse (OR = 1.65,CI95[1.04-2.60]), and sexual harassment (OR = 1.60,CI95[1.19-2.16]). Interpretation: This is one of the largest studies comparing dental, pharmacy and medical students from the same university. We found elevated prevalences of psychiatric symptoms with variation depending on specialty. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8fd013a1bcb4f2ca5836d01cfdbed842022-12-22T04:17:30ZengElsevierJournal of Affective Disorders Reports2666-91532022-12-0110100404Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional studyAriel Frajerman0Boris Chaumette1Marie-Odile Krebs2Yannick Morvan3INSERM U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, Université Paris Cité, 102-108 Rue de la Santé, Paris F-75014, France; Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, DMU 11 Psychiatrie, Santé Mentale, Addictologie et Nutrition, Équipe MOODS, Inserm U1178, CESP (Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations), Université Paris-Saclay, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; CNRS GDR 3557, Institut de Psychiatrie, France; Corresponding author at: INSERM U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, Université Paris Cité, 102-108 Rue de la Santé, Paris F-75014, France.INSERM U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, Université Paris Cité, 102-108 Rue de la Santé, Paris F-75014, France; GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris F-75014, France; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada; CNRS GDR 3557, Institut de Psychiatrie, FranceINSERM U1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, Université Paris Cité, 102-108 Rue de la Santé, Paris F-75014, France; GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris F-75014, France; CNRS GDR 3557, Institut de Psychiatrie, FranceUFR SPSE, laboratoire CLIPSYD, Université Paris Nanterre, EA4430, Nanterre, France; Inserm U1018, CESP, Épistémologie et Méthodes de la Recherche en Pédopsychiatrie et Santé Mentale Des Enfants et Des Adolescents, Paris, France; CNRS GDR 3557, Institut de Psychiatrie, FranceBackground: The mental health of health students is considered a public health issue which increased dramatically with the COVID 19’s pandemic. Few studies have assessed the prevalence of depression in medical, pharmacy, and dental students. Our goal was to assess mental health in health students from the same university and identify the associated factors. Methods: An online survey was sent to the health students of the University of Paris in 3 specialties (medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry). We used the Hospitalization Anxiety and Depression scale, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (with 2 versions: the Human Services Survey for clinical students and residents and the Student survey for the others). The presence of suicidal ideation, humiliation, sexual harassment, and sexual aggression over twelve-months was also measured. We performed multivariable logistic regression analyses to identify the associated factors of Major Depressive Episodes (MDE). Findings: 1925 students answered the survey. The overall prevalence of 7-day anxiety and depressive symptoms, MDE, suicidal ideation, humiliation, sexual harassment, and sexual aggression were 55%, 23%, 26%, 19%, 19%, 22%, and 5.5%, respectively. Burnout was present in 42% of nonclinical students and 65% of clinical students and residents. Multivariable logistic regression identified several associated factors of MDE: moderate (OR = 1.49,CI95[1.17-1.90]) or major (OR = 2.32,CI95[1.68-3.20]) subjective financial difficulties, humiliation (OR = 1.71,CI95[1.28-2.28]), sexual abuse (OR = 1.65,CI95[1.04-2.60]), and sexual harassment (OR = 1.60,CI95[1.19-2.16]). Interpretation: This is one of the largest studies comparing dental, pharmacy and medical students from the same university. We found elevated prevalences of psychiatric symptoms with variation depending on specialty.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915322000968DepressionAnxietyBurnoutSuicidal ideationStudents |
| spellingShingle | Ariel Frajerman Boris Chaumette Marie-Odile Krebs Yannick Morvan Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study Journal of Affective Disorders Reports Depression Anxiety Burnout Suicidal ideation Students |
| title | Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | mental health in medical dental and pharmacy students a cross sectional study |
| topic | Depression Anxiety Burnout Suicidal ideation Students |
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