Tasca Rizkina Maulida, - and Azimatul Karimah, - and Pudji Lestari, - and Maftuchah Rochmanti, - (2020) Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Medical Students in the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga Year Batch 2016, 2017, and 2018. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11 (12). pp. 223-230. ISSN 2407-0831

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Abstract

Background: Going through college is a stressful life situation. Students are challenged to live independently along with academic challenges. The medicine is known to be more stressful than other professional study programs. Objectives: To analyze the depression, anxiety, and stress in medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga Year Batch 2016, 2017 and 2018. Sampling Methods: This research was conducted with observational analytic study design, a cross-sectional approach by accidental sampling. The variables used are the socio-demographic characteristics of medical students as an independent variable, and the scale of depression, anxiety, and stress as the dependent variable. Data was collected by visiting each year batch, and giving a questionnaire sheet Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale - 42 items (DASS42). The results were then processed and analyzed in SPSS 16. Result: Respondents were mostly female (71,0%), Javanese (69,9%), have no history of personal (95,3%) and family mental disorders (94,4%), do not consume alcohol and cigarettes (98,3%), having married parents (91,4%), mean age 19 years, and first child. Year batch of 2016 exposed to depression 26.3%, anxiety 51.5%, and stress 32.3%. Year batch of 2017 exposed to depression 30.2%, anxiety 60.4%, and stress 37.5%. While the year batch of 2018 which is depressed 23.2%, anxiety 54.3%, and stress 30.5%. Conclusion: There was correlation between anxiety and stress with gender, which female tend to be more anxious and stressed, there is no difference in depression, anxiety, and stress in the class of 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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