Sociodemographic and educational factors associated with mental health disorders in medical students of clinical years: A multicenter study in Peru.

ABSTRACT:

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 sympto

SUBMITTER: Zila-Velasque JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10292711 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature