Ansiedad, depresión y estrés según variables socioeducativas y mentales en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad pública del Perú

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated problems in the training of future professionals. The objective was to determine the association between anxiety, depression and stress according to socio-educational and mental variables in medical students of a public university in Peru. Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional study, 443 students were surveyed (37% medical students, 25% from other health careers and 38% from other careers); the association of stress, depression and anxiety was observed versus five previously validated aspects. Results: In the multivariate model, anxiety was associated with perceptions of academic repercussions (p<0.001 moderate, 0.001 severe and 0.020 very severe), of virtual classes (p=0.022 moderate and 0.034 severe and very severe), of the information transmitted by the media (p=0.005 moderate and 0.020 severe) and was more prevalent among women (p=0.026 moderate). Depression was associated with perceptions of academic repercussions (p=0.001 moderate and 0.018 severe), virtual classes (0.014 moderate) and information transmitted by the media (0.010 moderate and 0.041 very severe). Stress was associated with perceptions of academic repercussions (p<0.001 moderate, 0.008 severe and 0.038 very severe) and occurred more among women (p=0.044 moderate). Conclusion: The association between stress, depression and anxiety according to multiple socio-educational and mental aspects among future health professionals in the context of the pandemic is evident.