Prevalence and incidence of mental health problems among Dutch medical students and the study-related and personal risk factors: a longitudinal study
Abstract
Background:
A high prevalence of mental health problems (i.e. depression and/or anxiety) has been found in medical students in comparison with the general population. Therefore, the objective was first to study the prevalence and 1-year incidence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and any mental health problems among Dutch medical students and, second, to study which study-related and personal factors present a risk of these mental health problems.
Methods:
A 1-year prospective longitudinal study was performed among medical students of two medical faculties in the Netherlands (n=951). Health problems and study-related and personal factors were measured with an online questionnaire. Mental health problems were assessed by depression and/or anxiety symptoms (BSI-DEP and BSI-ANG). Univariate and multivariate hierarchical logistic regression analyses were performed to examine which of the study-related and personal factors predict mental health problems.
Results:
At follow-up, 36%, 28% and 48% of the medical students reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and mental health problems, respectively. The incidence between 2010 and 2011 for depression was 20%, 17% for anxiety and 25% for mental health problems. Students who are worried about their own health during medical education are at an increased risk of future mental health problems (OR 2.0 [1.3–2.9], p=0.00). Excessive drinking behavior is a protective factor in this study (OR 0.7 [0.5–0.9], p=0.02).
Conclusion:
This study shows that only two out of nine factors are significantly associated with mental health problems among Dutch medical students, one risk factor and one protective factor.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A birthday tribute to Professor Daniel TL Shek: adolescent researcher and advocate
- Original Articles
- Prevalence and incidence of mental health problems among Dutch medical students and the study-related and personal risk factors: a longitudinal study
- Basic nutrition knowledge of recent medical graduates entering a pediatric residency program
- Physical self-esteem and personality traits in Swedish physically inactive female high school students: an intervention study
- Hypertension and its association with anthropometric indexes among pre-university students
- Self-efficacy and readiness for transition from pediatric to adult care in sickle cell disease
- Health concerns of adolescents in Tehran, Iran
- Knowledge and attitude about pubertal health and their socio-demographic predictors in Iranian adolescents
- Contraception: a questionnaire on knowledge and attitude of adolescents, distributed on Facebook
- Family functionality and parental characteristics as determinants of sexual decision-making of in-school youths in a semi-urban area of Southwest Nigeria
- Factors associated with participation in physical activity among adolescents in Malaysia
- Is HEADS in our heads? Health risk behavior is not routinely discussed with young people with chronic conditions
- Family functioning as a protective factor in treating adolescents with complex medico-psychosocial presentations
- Case Report
- Super-mesenteric-vein-expia-thrombosis, the clinical sequelae can be quite atrocious
- Short Communications
- A pilot project of an online cross-age tutoring program: crescent school virtual learning (vLearning)
- Lessons learned in building a hospital-wide transition program from pediatric to adult-based health care for youth with special health care needs (YSHCN)