Somatization symptoms-prevalence and risk, stress and resilience factors among medical and dental students at a mid-sized German university.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous studies have shown that an increased prevalence of mental illness can be found among medical and dental students. Among these, somatization symptoms are severely understudied. The present study examined the prevalence of somatization symptoms in a subpopulation of medical and dental students and aimed at finding associated risk and resilience factors.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-reporting questionnaire, including the SOMS-2, the Becks-Depression-Inventory-II (BDI-II), the NEO-Five-Factor-Inventory, and a questionnaire on socio-demographics for possible risk and resilience factors. A total of 271 medical and dental students of a mid-sized German university completed the questionnaire.

Results

The Somatization index yie

SUBMITTER: Feussner O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394510 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature