Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mental health of health students is considered a public health issue which increased dramatically with the COVID 19's pandemic. Few studies have assessed the prevalence of depression in medical, pharmacy, and dental students. Our goal was to assess mental health in health students from the same university and identify the associated factors.

Methods

An online survey was sent to the health students of the University of Paris in 3 specialties (medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry). We used the Hospitalization Anxiety and Depression scale, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (with 2 versions: the Human Services Survey for clinical students and residents and the Student survey for the others). The presence of

SUBMITTER: Frajerman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9378210 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature