TY - JOUR
T1 - Sociodemographic and educational factors associated with mental health disorders in medical students of clinical years
T2 - A multicenter study in Peru
AU - Zila-Velasque, J. Pierre
AU - Grados-Espinoza, Pamela
AU - Regalado-Rodríguez, Kateriny Margot
AU - Sosa-Nuñez, Frank
AU - Alcarraz-Jaime, Abimegireysch
AU - Cortez-Soto, Andrea G.
AU - Chambergo-Michilot, Diego
AU - Soriano-Moreno, Anderson N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Zila-Velasque et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Objective To identify sociodemographic and educational factors associated with mental health disorders in Peruvian medical students in clinical years. Methods Cross-sectional study. We surveyed students from 24 Peruvian medical schools. We defined negative perception of educational environment as having a Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure score below 100 points; we defined anxiety and depression as having more than 4 points on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scales, respectively. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to assess the association between negative perception of educational environment and mental health alterations. Results Among the 808 participants, the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms was 77.6% and 67.3%, respectively. Negative perception of the educational environment was 31.6%. The factors associated with anxiety were being male (PR = 0.95, 95% CI:0.91–0.98), previous medical condition (Prevalence ratios PR = 1.10, 95% CI:1.05–1.16), previous diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (PR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.93–0.94), being from highlands (PR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.05–1.16), studying at a national university (PR = 0.90, 95% CI: 0.88–0.92), and negative perception of the educational environment (PR = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.03–1.05), while factors associated with depression were being male (PR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.93–0.95), previous medical condition (PR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.08–1.17), type of university (national) (PR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.95–0.96), and negative perception of the educational environment (PR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.07–1.16). Conclusion We found evidence that during the COVID-19 pandemic anxiety and depression are prevalent among Peruvian medical students. Sociodemographic factors and negative perception of educational environment were associated with the presence of these conditions.
AB - Objective To identify sociodemographic and educational factors associated with mental health disorders in Peruvian medical students in clinical years. Methods Cross-sectional study. We surveyed students from 24 Peruvian medical schools. We defined negative perception of educational environment as having a Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure score below 100 points; we defined anxiety and depression as having more than 4 points on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scales, respectively. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to assess the association between negative perception of educational environment and mental health alterations. Results Among the 808 participants, the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms was 77.6% and 67.3%, respectively. Negative perception of the educational environment was 31.6%. The factors associated with anxiety were being male (PR = 0.95, 95% CI:0.91–0.98), previous medical condition (Prevalence ratios PR = 1.10, 95% CI:1.05–1.16), previous diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (PR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.93–0.94), being from highlands (PR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.05–1.16), studying at a national university (PR = 0.90, 95% CI: 0.88–0.92), and negative perception of the educational environment (PR = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.03–1.05), while factors associated with depression were being male (PR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.93–0.95), previous medical condition (PR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.08–1.17), type of university (national) (PR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.95–0.96), and negative perception of the educational environment (PR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.07–1.16). Conclusion We found evidence that during the COVID-19 pandemic anxiety and depression are prevalent among Peruvian medical students. Sociodemographic factors and negative perception of educational environment were associated with the presence of these conditions.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0286338
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0286338
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 37363900
AN - SCOPUS:85163400009
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 18
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 6 June
M1 - e0286338
ER -