Mentalno zdravlje studenata medicine Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

master's thesis

• Title (english): Mental health of medical students at the University of Zagreb
• Author: Dinko Šimleša
• Mentor: Branka Aukst Margetić (mentor)
• Committee member: Martina Rojnić Kuzman (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dražen Begić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Branka Aukst Margetić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-10-30, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Psychiatry

Abstract

Studenti medicine izloženi su višestrukim stresnim događajima tijekom studija te mogu biti podložni različitim psihičkim poteškoćama.
U provedenom istraživanju ispitivana je prisutnost anksioznih i depresivnih simptoma te simptoma stresa među studentskom populacijom na Medicinskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu tijekom svih šest godina studija kako bi ispitali razlikuju li se navedene tegobe između studenata pretkliničkih i kliničkih godina studija i s obzirom na njihove sociodemografske karakteristike.
Istraživanje je provedeno on-line i bilo je obuhvaćeno 206 ispitanika (53,4% studentica). Studenti prve tri godine studija čine skupinu pretkliničkih godina studija, a drugih tri godine skupinu kliničkih godina studija. Ispitanici su ispunjavali Upitnik depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa (DASS-21) i upitnik koji se odnosi na sociodemografske podatke.
Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da nije bilo značajne razlike u prisutnosti simptoma depresije, anksioznosti i stresa između studenata pretkliničkih i kliničkih godina studija. Također prema sociodemografskim pokazateljima studenti pretklinike i klinike nisu se značajno razlikovali. Usporedbom ispitanika prema spolu uočeno je kako studentice pokazuju izraženije simptome u sve tri podskale depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa u odnosu na studente. Postojala je značajna negativna korelacija depresivnosti i prosjeka ocjena kao i anksioznosti sa prosjekom ocjena i pozitivna korelacija anksioznosti i sati provedenih u učenju, kao i negativna korelacija stresa i dobi te prosjeka ocjena.
Zaključno, studenti pretkliničkih i kliničkih godina studija značajno se ne razlikuju prema depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresu, no studentice su više podložne ovim stanjima, a uspjeh na fakultetu povezan je sa mentalnim zdravljem. Potrebna su istraživanja koja bi pratila mentalno zdravlje tijekom studija medicine kako bi studenti pravovremeno mogli potražiti psihološku/psihijatrijsku pomoć.

Abstract (english)

Medical students are exposed to multiple stress events during the years of studying and can be prone to range of psychological difficulties.
The study examined the presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the student population at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb during all six years of study to see how these problems are distributed among students in the preclinical and clinical years of study and the different socio-demographic groups.
The two hundred and six participants (53. 4% female) were included during on-line evaluation. Students of the first three years formed preclinical and the other three years clinical group. Participants filled in Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) and questionnaire for evaluation of sociodemographic data.
The results showed that there was no significant difference in symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress between preclinical and clinical group. Also, two groups did not differ based on sociodemographic data. Female students showed significantly more symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress compared to males. Significant correlation was shown between depression and average grades as well as between anxiety and grades and negative correlation between anxiety and hours spent in learning. There was also negative correlation between stress and age and average grades.
We can conclude that students of preclinical and clinical group did not differ based on depression, anxiety and stress but female students share more prone to these problems and success in study is important for mental health of medical students. There is a need for follow-up studies that would screen for students that need psychological or psychiatric help.

• Keywords: studenti; mentalno zdravlje; anksioznost; depresija; stres; zdravstvena skrb
• Keywords (english): students; mental health; anxiety; depression; stress; medical care
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:419329
• Study programme: Title: Medicine; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-02-28 10:08:12