TY - JOUR
T1 - Does ragging play a role in medical student depression - Cause or effect?
AU - Castaldelli-Maia, João Maurício
AU - Martins, Silvia Saboia
AU - Bhugra, Dinesh
AU - MacHado, Marcelo Polazzo
AU - Andrade, Arthur Guerra De
AU - Alexandrino-Silva, Clóvis
AU - Baldassin, Sérgio
AU - De Toledo Ferraz Alves, Tania Côrrea
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Martins receives research support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grants DA020667 and DA023434 and from the National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD) grant HD060072, USA.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Background: Medical students experience a lot of stress what may contribute to symptoms of depression. In this study we set out to look at the environmental factors which may be contributing in one medical school in Brazil. Methods: We assessed depressive symptoms using Beck's Depression Inventory in 465 and 267 medical students in 2001 and 2006 respectively. We explored possible social and environmental causes using qualitative data. Results: Nearly 15% scored above the cut off for depression in both the samples. Males in the pre-clinical stage in 2006 showed an increase in depressive symptoms than males in the same cycle in 2001 (aOR = 7.36 [95% CI = 0.85-63.5] p = 0.07). Qualitative data confirmed that factors such as ragging and low social involvement were correlated with depressive symptoms in pre-clinical stage males. Limitations: The sample size was small both for quantitative and qualitative aspects of the study. Conclusions: It appears that ragging plays an important role in the genesis of depressive symptoms in medical students.
AB - Background: Medical students experience a lot of stress what may contribute to symptoms of depression. In this study we set out to look at the environmental factors which may be contributing in one medical school in Brazil. Methods: We assessed depressive symptoms using Beck's Depression Inventory in 465 and 267 medical students in 2001 and 2006 respectively. We explored possible social and environmental causes using qualitative data. Results: Nearly 15% scored above the cut off for depression in both the samples. Males in the pre-clinical stage in 2006 showed an increase in depressive symptoms than males in the same cycle in 2001 (aOR = 7.36 [95% CI = 0.85-63.5] p = 0.07). Qualitative data confirmed that factors such as ragging and low social involvement were correlated with depressive symptoms in pre-clinical stage males. Limitations: The sample size was small both for quantitative and qualitative aspects of the study. Conclusions: It appears that ragging plays an important role in the genesis of depressive symptoms in medical students.
KW - Depression
KW - Gender
KW - Medical student
KW - Ragging
KW - Social involvement
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2012.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2012.02.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 22387056
AN - SCOPUS:84862139961
SN - 0165-0327
VL - 139
SP - 291
EP - 297
JO - Journal of Affective Disorders
JF - Journal of Affective Disorders
IS - 3
ER -