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Prevalence of psychological stress, depression and anxiety among medical students in Egypt
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Poor psychological health in medical students has been reported nationwide. This study estimated the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms among medical students who were enrolled in a public university in Upper Egypt and determine the association of these morbidities with the students' basic socio-demographic variables. This cross-sectional study included 700 students. A self-administered, questionnaire for the socio-demographic characteristics, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS 21) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire were used for assessment. High frequencies of depression (65%), anxiety (73%) and stress (59.9%) were reported. Stress scores were significantly higher than depression and anxiety (P=0.001). 55.7% were poor sleepers. In univarate analysis, females, those living in the University campus/students' residence facility, in the preclinical years and with lower academic achievement had higher scores of DASS and PSQI compared to their comparative partners. Significant correlations were reported between stress with depression, anxiety and PQSI scores (P=0.0001). In multivariate analysis, stress scores were significantly associated with female sex, depression and anxiety scores. We conclude that depression, anxiety and stress symptoms are common in medical students of Assiut University relative to other schools and female gender was significantly correlated with these findings.
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“This is contrary to previous studies [56,57], which identified that being enrolled in a health-related program of study was a risk factor for psychological distress.”
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“Furthermore, previous research showed that college students had experienced high levels of stress. Studies have also reported some levels of stress and anxiety among students in China (74.3%), Saudi Arabia (63.5%), Bangladesh (61%), and Egypt (59.9%) [21–24].”
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“[48], the prevalence of anxiety in Egyptian medical students was 73%, and in the study of Cheung et al.”
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“Previous studies have suggested that academic pressure, workload, sleep deprivation and financial concerns may have an adverse effect on students’ mental health [3, 14, 63, 64].”
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“Of these, 10 studies used variants of the DASS to measure stress and thus, reporting the subscales of anxiety and depression [35,39,41,42,44,54,60,63,64,69] (See Table 1).”
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- Authors
- Fawzy, M., & Hamed, S. A.
- Affiliations
- Assiut University Hospitals (EG)
- Corresponding author
- Hamed, Sherifa A.
- ORCID
- Hamed, Sherifa A.
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 255
- Pages
- 186-194
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2615784653
- Cited by
- 455
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 68 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 39.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Keywords
- psychological stress, depression, anxiety, medical students, sleep quality, prevalence, sociodemographic factors, sex differences, academic performance, Assiut University
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Egypt, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Students, Medical, Prevalence, Young Adult
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