Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anxiety in Medical Students of Juan N. Corpas University Foundation. A cross-sectional study
Journal Title: Revista Cuarzo - Year 2020, Vol 26, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction. Anxiety is the state of excessive worry, which occurs for more days than it has been absent for a minimum of six months, in relation to various events or activities (1). In Colombia, the prevalence in adults is 3.9% (2), in university students from 9% (6) to 17% (7), in students of health sciences 26.5% (8) and in students of Medicine, 60% (9). Anxiety is one of the disorders that causes greater disability and years of life lost, compromises academic performance, favors desertion and increases the risk of consumption of alcohol and psychoactive substances. Objective. To determine the prevalence of anxiety and associated risk factors, in students of a medical school, in order to provide information for the design of prevention and intervention strategies. Methodology. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1028 Medicine students from I to X semesters, enrolled between July and December 2018. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was applied, containing social, demographic and academic variables, and those corresponding to the Scale of Zung's Anxiety and the Cage Scale for Alcohol Abuse. The prevalence of global and semester anxiety was determined and the Odds Ratio (OR) was determined for each of the variables analyzed. Results. 27.52% of the students did not present anxiety; 67.8% mild anxiety; 3.4% moderate anxiety and 1.26% severe anxiety. Risk factors were female sex (OR: 2.3353, p = 0.0006), living alone (OR: 2.5265, p = 0.0053), less than 5 hours per week of leisure (OR: 2.7960, p = 0.0008), lack of time to take any of the meals (OR: 3.2520, p = 0.0101), sleep less than 5 hours a day (2.1700, p = 0.0393), unrefreshing sleep (OR: 3.3949, p = 0.0002), feeling discriminated (OR: 1.9161, p = 0.0005), commuting to the university greater than 90 minutes (OR: 2.2818, p = 0.0025). Conclusions. A high prevalence of anxiety is found in the study population and risk factors are identified that can provide information for the design of prevention and follow-up strategies.
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Pinilla, L. , López, O. , Moreno, D. , & Sánchez, J.
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