SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.30 issue1Nutritional status and physical condition of adolescent football players after consuming fishmeal as a nutritional complementEvaluation of the quality of river water with diatoms (Bacillariophyceae): an experience in Tacna, Peru author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

  • Have no cited articlesCited by SciELO

Related links

  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO

Share


Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

Print version ISSN 1726-4634

Abstract

VALLE, Rubén; SANCHEZ, Elard  and  PERALES, Alberto. Depressive symptomatology and alcohol-related problems during the academic training of medical students. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2013, vol.30, n.1, pp.54-57. ISSN 1726-4634.

In order to evaluate the frequency of depressive symptomatology (DS) and alcohol-related problems (ARP) during the academic training of medical students from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, a cross-sectional study was conducted among students from first to sixth year of career. The Zung Self-Rating depression scale was used to evaluate DS and the CAGE questionnaire to evaluate ARP. 23.3% of participants had DS, and 7.3% had ARP. We found that the frequency of DS and ARP was higher among students in the first years of career. We recommend it is necessary to take action in the prevention and detection of these disorders from the first years of training of medical students

Keywords : Depression; Depressive disorder; Alcohol drinking; Alcohol-Related Disorders, Students, medical; Education, medical, undergraduate.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )