Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in health students and impact on quality of life

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Objective: to evaluate the association between quality of life and presence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in college students in the health area. Method: cross-sectional study that included 321 students from undergraduate courses in the health area. Quality of life was measured using the World Health Organization scale, abbreviated version, in the physical, psychological, social relations and environment domains, and symptoms were assessed by the depression, anxiety and stress scale. Multivariate analysis was performed using robust linear regression to evaluate the association between quality of life and symptoms. Results: a negative association was observed between the quality of life and depression symptoms in all domains, while anxiety symptoms showed a negative association in the environment domain, and stress symptoms had a negative association in the psychological domain. Symptom severity was unfavorably associated with quality of life, that is, the greater the symptom severity, the lower the mean scores in all domains. Conclusion: symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress were prevalent and had a negative impact on students’ quality of life, especially in the presence of depressive symptoms. The decrease in scores was significantly associated with the severity of symptoms.

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de Freitas, P. H. B., Meireles, A. L., Ribeiro, I. K. da S., Abreu, M. N. S., de Paula, W., & Cardoso, C. S. (2023). Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in health students and impact on quality of life. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 31. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.6315.3885

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