Anxiety and depression in medical students related to desire for and expectations from a medical career.
| dc.contributor.author | Karaoglu N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Seker M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-26T18:05:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-26T18:05:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.department | Selçuk Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In this article, we aimed to analyse the anxiety and depression levels of medical student's related to their desire for a career in medicine and expectations from that career. In a cross-sectional design, students from the first two years of medical school filled-out a questionnaire consisting of demographics, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales (HADS) and questions about their medical career decision. The mean anxiety score was 7.66 +/- 3.21 and the mean depression score was 5.77 +/- 3.45. According to cut-off levels, 20.3% of medical students had anxiety, 29.3% had depressive symptoms. Males and second year students had significantly high levels of depression (p < 0.05). Students who were pressured to become doctors and who expected to gain much money were both more anxious and more depressed (p < 0.05). External pressures, desire to become a medical doctor and expectations from a medical education have significant effects on anxiety and depression levels of medical students. Guidance for affected students is important and this is the responsibility of medical educators and faculties. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 202 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0043-3144 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 21275126 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q4 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 196 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/25584 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 59 | en_US |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | en_US |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The West Indian medical journal | en_US |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
| dc.selcuk | 20240510_oaig | en_US |
| dc.title | Anxiety and depression in medical students related to desire for and expectations from a medical career. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
