Assessment of Depression among Medical Students in NAPATA College due to COVID-19 pandemic٫2021.
Assessment of Depression among Medical Students in NAPATA College due to COVID-19 pandemic٫2021.
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Date
2021
Authors
Alaa bannaga alataya ahmed
Enas jaffer yousif
Shahad motwkel ahmed
Sohila khider ahmed
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Napata College
Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a mental health crisis among medical students in Sudan due to lockdown restrictions, overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 cases, financial difficulty, etc. This mental health crisis may led to high degrees of depression among medical students.
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate incidence of Depression due to COVID 19 pandemic among Medical Students in NAPATA College 2021.
Methods: This cross-sectional institutional-based study was conducted at NAPTA College-Sudan during period September 2020 to September 2021 by using Forms questionnaire. The questionnaire Form included a sociodemographic questionnaire and psychometric Depression scales evaluating the psychological Depression impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed in the study.
Results: A total of One hundred seventy four medical students participated in this study, of whom 66%were females and 36 were males. After assessment of the psychometric Depression scales, it was found that More than half medical students carried in this study were found to have depression due to COVID 19 pandemic with different scales ranging from mild depression 38% of the study participants to sever 5% according to beck test. Among the identified risk factors, having a family member who was infected with COVID-19 was significantly associated with depression, with P values0.04.
Conclusions: This research concludes that there is high incidence depression symptoms rate of COVID-19 among medical students