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      Depression, anxiety, and stress in medical students in Peru: a cross-sectional study

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          Abstract

          Objective

          To determine the prevalence and factors associated with depressive, anxious, and stress symptoms in medical students in Peru, during the second pandemic wave of COVID-19.

          Methods

          We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study in 405 medical students from a university in northern Peru. The DASS-21 instrument was used to evaluate mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, and stress), and to investigate their association with socio-educational characteristics.

          Results

          We found a prevalence of depressive, anxious, and stress symptoms of 71.6% (95% CI: 66.94–75.95), 71.9% (95% CI: 67.2–76.2), and 62.7% (95% CI: 57.8–67.4); respectively. Students with eating behavior disorders had a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms (PR: 1.35), anxious symptoms (PR: 1.27), and stress symptoms (PR: 1.31). The prevalence of depressive symptoms (PR: 1.57), anxious symptoms (PR: 1.27), and stress symptoms (PR: 1.24) increased in students who did not report regular physical activity. In addition, having almost always academic exhaustion increased the prevalence of depressive symptoms (PR: 1.46), stress symptoms (PR: 1.72). On the contrary, the prevalence of depressive symptoms (PR: 0.79), anxious symptoms (PR: 0.73) and stress symptoms (PR: 0.82) decreased in male students. Students who reported sleeping 8 or more hours daily had a lower prevalence of stress symptoms (PR: 0.82).

          Conclusion

          Symptoms of depression and anxiety occurred in 7 out of 10 students, and stress in 6 out of 10. Among the factors associated with the presence of anxiety, depression, and stress were eating behavior disorder and not regularly exercising. Periodic evaluations of mental symptomatology are required and counseling should be promoted in medical schools.

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                Danai Valladares-Garrido: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Pedro P. Quiroga-Castañeda: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Iván Berrios-Villegas: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                J. Pierre Zila-Velasque: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1818998/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Claudia Anchay-Zuloeta: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Marisella Chumán-Sánchez: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Víctor J. Vera-Ponce: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                César J. Pereira-Victorio: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1825125/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1836864/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Cristian Díaz-Vélez: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2196362/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Mario J. Valladares-Garrido: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1795842/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychiatry
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychiatry
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychiatry
                Title: Frontiers in Psychiatry
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-0640
                Publication date (Electronic): 28 November 2023
                Publication date Collection: 2023
                Volume: 14
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1268872
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Cesar Vallejo , Trujillo, Peru
                [2] 2Oficina de Salud Ocupacional, Hospital de Apoyo II Santa Rosa , Piura, Peru
                [3] 3Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de San Martín de Porres , Chiclayo, Peru
                [4] 4Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión, Facultad de Medicina Humana , Pasco, Peru
                [5] 5Red Latinoamericana de Medicina en La Altitud e Investigación (REDLAMAI) , Pasco, Peru
                [6] 6Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Veritas (SCIEMVE) , Chiclayo, Peru
                [7] 7Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma , Lima, Peru
                [8] 8Universidad Tecnológica del Perú , Lima, Peru
                [9] 9School of Medicine, Universidad Continental , Lima, Peru
                [10] 10Unidad de Investigación para Generación y Síntesis de Evidencia en Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola , Lima, Peru
                [11] 11Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego , Trujillo, Peru
                [12] 12Red Peruana de Salud Colectiva , Lima, Peru
                [13] 13South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Universidad Norbert Wiener , Lima, Peru
                [14] 14Oficina de Epidemiología, Hospital Regional Lambayeque , Chiclayo, Peru
                Author notes

                Edited by: Marco Grados, Johns Hopkins University, United States

                Reviewed by: Pu Peng, Central South University, China; Mahmood Moosazadeh, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

                *Correspondence: César J. Pereira-Victorio, cpereirav@ 123456continental.edu.pe ;
                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1268872
                PMC ID: 10715266
                PubMed ID: 38090694
                SO-VID: e7665d67-5818-40f7-a45d-8a1eee044da5
                Copyright © Copyright © 2023 Valladares-Garrido, Quiroga-Castañeda, Berrios-Villegas, Zila-Velasque, Anchay-Zuloeta, Chumán-Sánchez, Vera-Ponce, Pereira-Victorio, Failoc-Rojas, Díaz-Vélez and Valladares Garrido.
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                History
                Date received : 28 July 2023
                Date accepted : 26 October 2023
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 3, Equations: 0, References: 103, Pages: 13, Words: 11096
                Funding
                The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. MJV-G was supported by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) under Award Number D43TW009343 and the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI).
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                Subject: Psychiatry
                Subject: Original Research
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                section-at-acceptance Anxiety and Stress Disorders

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: depression,anxiety,stress,covid-19,medical students,peru
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: depression, anxiety, stress, covid-19, medical students, peru

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