Advanced search
Publication Cover
International Review of Psychiatry Volume 31, 2019 - Issue 7-8: Mental Health and Wellbeing of Doctors and Medical Students
Submit an article Journal homepage
581
Views
20
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research

Risk indicators of depression among medical, dental, nursing, pharmacology, and other medical science students in Saudi Arabia

Abed Al-Hadi HamashaPreventive Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ;Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; Correspondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-4104
ORCID Icon,
Yousef M. KareemDental Intern, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Mohammed S. AlghamdiDental Intern, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Mohammed S. AlgarniDental Intern, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Khalid S. AlahedibDental Intern, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
&
Fahad A. AlharbiDental Intern, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pages 646-652 | Received 07 Jan 2019, Accepted 13 Feb 2019, Published online: 23 May 2019

References

  • AlFaris, E., Irfan, F., Qureshi, R., Naeem, N., Alshomrani, A., Ponnamperuma, G., … van der Vleuten, C. (2016). Health professions' students have an alarming prevalence of depressive symptoms: Exploration of the associated factors. BMC Medical Education, 16, 279. doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0794-y
  • Andersen, I., Thielen, K., Bech, P., Nygaard, E., & Diderichsen, F. (2011). Increasing prevalence of depression from 2000 to 2006. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 39(8), 857–863. doi:10.1177/1403494811424611
  • Asal, A. R., & Abdel-Fattah, M. M. (2007). Prevalence, symptomatology, and risk factors for depression among high school students in Saudi Arabia. Neurosciences, 12, 8–16. doi:10.5964/ejop.v2i3.335
  • Avuso-Mateos, J. L., Vázques-Barquero, J. L., Doweick, C., Lehtinen, V., Delgard, O. S., & Casey, P. (2001). Depressive disorders in Europe: prevalence figures from the ODIN study. Depressive disorders in Europe: prevalence figures from the ODIN study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, 308–316. doi:10.1192/bjp.179.4.308
  • Baldassin, S., Alves, T. C., de Andrade, A. G., & Nogueira Martins, L. A. (2008). The characteristics of depressive symptoms in medical students during medical education and training: a cross-sectional study. BMC Medical Education, 8, 60. doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-60
  • Baldassin, S., Silva, N., de Toledo Ferraz Alves, T. C., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Bhugra, D., Nogueira-Martins, M. C. F., … Nogueira-Martins, L. A., et al. (2013). Depression in medical students: cluster symptoms and management. Journal of Affective Disorders, 150(1), 110–114. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.050
  • Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., Ball, R., & Ranieri, W. (1996). Comparioson of Beck inventories –IA and II on psychiatric outpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment, 67(3), 588–597. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa6703_13
  • Demirci, K., Akgönül, M., & Akpinar, A. (2015). Relationship of smartphone use severity with sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in university students. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 4(2), 85–92. doi:10.1556/2006.4.2015.010
  • Desouky, D.-S., Abdellatif Ibrahem, R., & Salah Omar, M. (2015). Prevalence and comorbidity of depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders among Saudi secondary school girls, Taif Area, KSA. Archives of Iranian Medicine, 18, 234–238. doi:015184/AIM.008
  • Fawzy, M., & Hamed, S. A. (2017). Prevalence of psychological stress, depression and anxiety among medical students in Egypt. Psychiatry Research, 255, 186–194. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2017.05.027
  • Ibrahim, A. K., Kelly, S. J., & Glazebrook, C. (2012). Reliability of a shortened version of the Zagazig depression scale and prevalence of depressionin an Egyptian university student sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(5), 638–647. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.06.007
  • Ibrahim, N., Al-Kharboush, D., El-Khatib, L., Al-Habib, A., & Asali, D. (2013). Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among female medical students in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 42, 726–736.
  • Inam, S. B. (2007). Anxiety and depression among students of a medical college in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Health Sciences (Qassim), 1, 295–300.
  • Kronfol, Z., Khalifa, B., Khoury, B., Omar, O., Daouk, S., deWitt, J. P., … Eisenberg, D. (2018). Selected psychiatric problems among college students in two Arab countries: comparison with the USA. BMC Psychiatry, 18, 147. doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1718-7
  • Malak, M. Z., & Khalifeh, A. H. (2018). Anxiety and depression among school students in Jordan: Prevalence, risk factors, and predictors. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 54(2), 242–250. doi:10.1111/ppc.12229
  • Maurer, D. M. (2012). Screening for Depression. American Family Physician Journal, 85, 139–144.
  • Pagnin, D., & de Queiroz, V. (2015). Influence of burnout and sleep difficulties on the quality of life among medical students. SpringerPlus, 4, 676. doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1477-6
  • Senormancı, O., Saraçlı, O., Atasoy, N., Senormancı, G., Koktürk, F., & Atik, L. (2014). Relationship of internet addiction with cognitive style, personality, and depression in university students. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55, 1385–1390. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.04.025
  • World Health Organization (1992). The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
  • World Health Organization (2018). Mental disorders, depression: let’s talk. Cited 2018 May 9. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/en/

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.