Psychological well-being status among medical and dental students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Psychological well-being status among medical and dental students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
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DOI：
10.3109/0142159x.2015.1006612
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
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4.7
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Strodl, Esben
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作者：
Aboalshamat, Khalid;Hou, Xiang-Yu;Strodl, Esben
目的：医学和牙科学生的心理健康状况相对于同龄人较差。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯医学和牙科学生的心理健康状况，确定高风险群体，并评估心理健康与学习成绩之间的关联。方法：在这项横断面研究中，沙特阿拉伯乌姆库拉大学的422名临床前医学和牙科学生被招募，以评估他们的抑郁，焦虑，压力，采用21项抑郁焦虑应激量表（DASS-21）、一般自我效能感量表（GSE）和生活满意度量表（SWLS）测定自我效能感和生活满意度。学生的学业加权成绩是后来获得的。结果：抑郁（69.9%）、焦虑（66.4%）、紧张（70.9%）的检出率较高，自我效能（均值27.22，sd = 4.85）、生活满意度（均值23.60，sd = 6.37）在正常范围内。女性医学生的心理困扰程度高于牙科医学生。在一般情况下，三年级的学生更抑郁和压力相比，二年级的学生，除了牙科学生之间的压力。此外，所有女性的自我效能感高于男性。生活满意度在二年级和家庭收入高的学生更高。结论：医学生心理困扰水平较高，女生心理困扰水平高于男生，而牙科男生心理困扰水平高于女生。三年级的医学生更加抑郁和紧张。牙科学生在第三年更沮丧，但在第二年更有压力。应注意减少医学和牙科学生中令人震惊的抑郁、焦虑和压力水平。
Objectives: Medical and dental students experience poor psychological well-being relative to their peers. This study aimed to assess the psychological well-being among medical and dental students in Saudi Arabia, identify the high-risk groups and assess the association between the psychological well-being and the academic performance.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 422 preclinical medical and dental students at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia, were recruited to assess their depression, anxiety, stress, self-efficacy and satisfaction with life levels using 21-items Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), General Self-Efficacy (GSE) scale and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Students' academic weighted grades were obtained later. Descriptive statistics and univariate general linear model were used to analyse data.Results: High levels of depression (69.9%), anxiety (66.4%) and stress (70.9%) were indicated, whereas self-efficacy (mean = 27.22, sd = 4.85) and life satisfaction (mean = 23.60, sd = 6.37) were within the normal range. Female medical students had higher psychological distress in contrast to dental students. In general, third-year students were more depressed and stressed in comparison with second-year students, except for stress among dental students. Moreover, all females had higher self-efficacy than males. Life satisfaction was higher within the second-year and high family income students. Depression was the only psychological variable correlated with the academic performance.Conclusion: High levels of psychological distress were found. Female medical students had higher psychological distress than males, whereas male dental students had higher distress than female. Medical students at third year were more depressed and stressed. Dental students were more depressed in the third year, but more stressed in the second year. Attention should be directed towards reducing the alarming levels of depression, anxiety and stress among medical and dental students.