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: Received: 30 September 2024 / Approved: 1 October 2024 / Online: 1 October 2024 (10:31:46 CEST)
How to cite:
Sartorao-Filho, C. I.; Sartorao, A. L. V. Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Undergraduate Medical Students during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review. Preprints2024, 2024100037. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0037.v1
Sartorao-Filho, C. I.; Sartorao, A. L. V. Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Undergraduate Medical Students during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review. Preprints 2024, 2024100037. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0037.v1
Sartorao-Filho, C. I.; Sartorao, A. L. V. Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Undergraduate Medical Students during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review. Preprints2024, 2024100037. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0037.v1
APA Style
Sartorao-Filho, C. I., & Sartorao, A. L. V. (2024). Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Undergraduate Medical Students during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0037.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Sartorao-Filho, C. I. and Ana Luisa Varrone Sartorao. 2024 "Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Undergraduate Medical Students during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0037.v1
Abstract
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered several challenges to mental health worldwide. Undergraduate medical students face considerable stress in their academic routines. Thus, there is a need to explore the implications of the mental health of undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To review the global literature about anxiety and depression disorders in undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: we developed an integrative literature review on the occurrence of anxiety and depression symptoms in undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed the results on the occurrence of anxiety and depression and the severity of symptoms in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic using quantitative studies applying the GAD-7 questionnaire for anxiety or PHQ-9 for depression. Results: We reviewed 85 selected studies, and the results showed a significant prevalence of moderate and severe symptoms of anxiety and depression, with 28.2% of participants presenting scores ≥ 10 on the GAD-7 and 38.9% on the PHQ-9. Statistical analyses revealed associations between higher rates of anxiety symptoms in developing countries and data collected after the lockdown period in 2020, at the Pandemic lockdown. Conclusion: Our findings highlight the need for specific interventions to support the mental health of undergraduate medical students, critically in female students from developing countries during a Pandemic crisis.
Keywords
anxiety; depression; medical students; pandemic; COVID‐19; GAD‐7; PHQ‐9; mental health
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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