Antidepressant usage among medical students of an university
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.38105Keywords:
medical students, antidepressive agents, anxietyAbstract
The objective was to identify the use of anxiolytic and / or antidepressant medication and to associate it with the characteristics of medical students at a university. This is a study with 449 medical students in the interior of the state of São Paulo. The use of antidepressant and / or anxiolytic medication was done by 24.3% of the students, most of them female and attending the first two years of college. There was no association between the use of medication and factors such as: age, income, living with the family, hours of sleep, relationships with teachers and having a father and mother alive. There was a greater chance of undergoing therapy among students who used medication (β = 1.12, OR = 3.07, p <0.001) and a lesser chance of performing physical exercise (β = -0.051, OR = 0.60, p = 0.03). Strategies for the management of depression and anxiety should be encouraged and actions to reduce stress during the course should be part of a university support program.
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