dc.creatorTorales,Julio
dc.creatorBarrios,Iván
dc.creatorBarrios,Jazmín
dc.creatorBáez-Osorio,Hernando
dc.creatorSánchez-Piris,Enrique
dc.creatorOrtigoza-Alves,Edis
dc.creatorVillalba-Arias,Jorge
dc.creatorRuiz Díaz,Noelia
dc.creatorO’Higgins,Marcelo
dc.creatorAmarilla,Diego
dc.creatorAlmirón-Santacruz,José
dc.creatorCaycho-Rodríguez,Tomás
dc.creatorCastaldelli-Maia,João Mauricio
dc.creatorVentriglio,Antonio
dc.creatorNeurociencias,Red de Estudiantes Investigadores en
dc.date2023-08-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T15:54:24Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T15:54:24Z
dc.identifierhttp://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2521-22812023000200052
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8832844
dc.descriptionABSTRACT Introduction: Medical students are vulnerable to psychological distress and face a number of stressors such as academic pressures, economic concerns, and difficulties in interpersonal relationships. The quality of their educational training may also impact their mental health and subjective well-being. Objective: to describe their perception of subjective well-being and the impact of medical training on their own mental health. Methods: We surveyed 119 medical students and administered the “Perception survey on vocation, living and recreational habits, training and professional attitudes,” the CAGE questionnaire, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2). Results: Students’ mean age was 22.5±2.28 years old and 59.7 % of participants were women, their lifestyle habits were scored as acceptable, and the employment of cell-phones and social networks ranged 76-99%; 24.1 % recognized a problematic alcohol, 67.2 % reported anxiety according to the GAD-7, and 49.6 % depression according to PHQ-2. Symptoms of anxiety were frequent among females and were higher when the perceived quality of training and student/teacher ratio were lower. Discussion: Students’ perceptions of lower quality of training and resources seemed to be associated with higher levels of anxiety, which may suggest that educational policies and resources should be carefully revised and implemented to improve students’ health and well-being.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherFacultad de Ciencias Médicas, Filial de Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Cátedra de Socioantropología
dc.relation10.52379/mcs.v7i2.284
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceMedicina clínica y social v.7 n.2 2023
dc.subjectmedical students
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectmedical training
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectsatisfaction
dc.subjectCAGE
dc.titleMedical Students Training and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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