Chaudhry M A, Khan I A, Ashraf M Z, Ibrahim M T, Mahmood A, Zeb A.
Prevalence Of Anxiety And Depression Among Medical Students Of Private Medical College In Pakistan.
Biomedica Jan ;33(2):103-6.

Background and Objectives: Medical education is perceived as being stressful, as it is characterized by many psychological changes in students. This cross-sectional study was designed to determine prevalence of anxiety and depression among medical students and to observe an association between anxiety, depression, gender, year of study, overburdening test schedules and dissatisfaction with examination system. The study was carried out at CMH Lahore Medical College from May to June 2015. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on students of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore Medical College, Lahore in 2015. Data was collected via self-administrated questionnaire from 250 medical students. The prevalence of anxiety and depression was assessed using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD Scale). The collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20 program. Results: Using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, it was found that among 250 students, 89 (35.6%) were normal, 67 (26.8%) borderline abnormal and 94 (37.60%) had symptoms of anxiety. Out of 94 cases of anxiety, 38 (40.4%) were males and 56 (59.6%) were females. This shows prevalence of anxiety of was more in females as compared to males, and this difference was significant statistically (p = 0.014). Similarly, out of 250 students, 157 (62.80%) were normal, 53 (21.20%) borderline abnormal and 38 (15.20%) had depression. Association between dissatisfaction with examination system and anxiety was highly significant (P = 0.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that level of anxiety and depression was higher among female students as compared to male students. The anxiety prevalence was higher than depression. The dissatisfaction with examination systems was important stressor for medical students.

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