TY - JOUR AU - Sharma, Anshuman AU - Gupta, Sanjay Kumar AU - Khare, Neeraj AU - Agarwal, Sanjay S PY - 2015/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Assessment Of Depression Among Medical Students of Private University in Bhopal, India JF - National Journal of Community Medicine JA - Natl J Community Med VL - 6 IS - 02 SE - Original Research Articles DO - UR - https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/1156 SP - 161-165 AB - <p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Medical students repeatedly experience different stresses which render them more vulnerable to psychological problems that may affect their emotional, psychosocial and phys- ical health. Objectives of the study were to determine the preva- lence of depression and associated factors leading to depression among medical students at People’s University.</p><p><strong>Method</strong>: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Peoples University using Theoretical Depressive Experiences Question- naire (TDEQ) there were 440 students participated in the study with duration of 1 month.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The participation rate was 90% (396 students). The mean age of participants was 21 ± 2 years, and more than half (62% i.e. 246 students) were males. The prevalence of depression among students was 31 % (123 students).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Symptoms of moderate severity were the predomi- nant among students with the studied psychological illnesses. A substantial proportion of medical students had ongoing psychiat- ric problems that were associated with multiple social, behav- ioural, and educational factors. Interventions addressing the mental health of medical students should be initiated.</p> ER -