Prevalence and predictive factors for depressive symptoms among medical students in Germany - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Elevated levels of depressive symptoms among medical students have been the subject of international and national research before, yet associated risk factors and protective factors are to be determined. This study aims to show the burdens of depression at different stages of academic medical education with a special emphasis on correlated risk factors and protective factors. Methods: A total number of n=1103 medical students of a middle-sized German university were sampled and surveyed regarding depressive symptoms and correlating factors. The assessment of potential depressive symptoms was based on the BDI-II. Correlating factors were surveyed through a self-designed questionnaire consisting of possible cofactors for depressive symptoms based on established scie

SUBMITTER: Pukas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8953191 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature