Prevalence and severity of somatic symptoms, depression and anxiety among medical students at the Arabian Gulf University : comparison between second and sixth year
Other Title(s)
نسبة انتشار و شدة أعراض الجسدنة و الاكتئاب و القلق لدى طلاب الطب في جامعة الخليج العربي : دراسة مقارنة بين طلبة السنة الثانية و السنة السادسة
Joint Authors
Abd al-Aziz, Ammar Muhammad
al-Utaybi, Khalid Talal
al-Haris, Jarrah Hamad
al-Qahtani, Turki Abd Allah
al-Ghamlas, Amir Mashari
Jahrami, Haytham Ali
al-Qahtani, Hayfa Muhammad
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 1 (31 May. 2017), pp.69-75, 7 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2017-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The current study assessed the prevalence and severity of somatic symptoms, depression and anxiety among students at the Arabian Gulf University.
Comparison of symptoms was between Year 2 and Year 6 medical students.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using a convenient sample size of (N=160) where n=80 from Year 2 and n=80 from Year 6.
Assessment involved a socio-demographic and three self-report questionnaires.
The Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) for detection of somatic symptoms, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for detection of depression symptoms and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) to detect generalized anxiety disorder.
Results: Somatic symptoms were the highest among medical students with a prevalence of 46%.
Anxiety symptoms came second with a prevalence of 39.4%.
The levels of moderate to severe depression symptoms were the lowest with a prevalence of 18.8%.
No statistically significant differences were obtained between groups.
However, Year 2 students reported higher levels of somatic symptoms while Year 6 students reported higher anxiety; depression symptom levels were identical in both years.
Female students reported higher levels of all three symptoms compared to males (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: Medical students had moderate levels of somatic and anxiety symptoms and low levels of depression symptoms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Aziz, Ammar Muhammad& al-Utaybi, Khalid Talal& al-Haris, Jarrah Hamad& al-Qahtani, Turki Abd Allah& al-Ghamlas, Amir Mashari& al-Qahtani, Hayfa Muhammad…[et al.]. 2017. Prevalence and severity of somatic symptoms, depression and anxiety among medical students at the Arabian Gulf University : comparison between second and sixth year. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 28, no. 1, pp.69-75.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Aziz, Ammar Muhammad…[et al.]. Prevalence and severity of somatic symptoms, depression and anxiety among medical students at the Arabian Gulf University : comparison between second and sixth year. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 28, no. 1 (May. 2017), pp.69-75.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Aziz, Ammar Muhammad& al-Utaybi, Khalid Talal& al-Haris, Jarrah Hamad& al-Qahtani, Turki Abd Allah& al-Ghamlas, Amir Mashari& al-Qahtani, Hayfa Muhammad…[et al.]. Prevalence and severity of somatic symptoms, depression and anxiety among medical students at the Arabian Gulf University : comparison between second and sixth year. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2017. Vol. 28, no. 1, pp.69-75.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795131
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 73-74
Record ID
BIM-795131