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Introdução: A presença das perturbações depressivas origina um elevado impacto negativo na população a vários níveis (não só a nível pessoal e familiar, mas também a nível social e económico). Pelo facto de se assistir a um aumento progressivo da sintomatologia depressiva nos estudantes universitários, passando muitas vezes despercebida e devido à precariedade de informação epidemiológica neste âmbito em Portugal, justifica-se a realização desta investigação.
Objectivos: 1) Determinar a prevalência dos sintomas depressivos nos estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e analisar a sua relação com determinados factores; 2) proceder à validação da versão do Inventário de Depressão de Beck (IDB) utilizada nesta população.
Metodologia: Apresenta-se como uma investigação transversal, de cariz descritivo e com componente analítica dos dados. Baseou-se na aplicação de um questionário anónimo via online, constituído por duas partes: 1) dados sócio-demográficos e 2) IDB. Os resultados foram analisados no software estatístico SPSS ® - versão 17 para o Windows ® e consideraram-se significativos para um p <0,05. Recorreu-se ao teste de independência do Qui-quadrado para analisar as relações entre as variáveis. Na validação do IDB, avaliou-se a sua consistência interna e análise factorial.
Resultados: No total, 359 (36,2%) dos alunos aderiram ao inquérito, sendo a maioria solteira e do sexo feminino. Dos 26 (7,24%) alunos com antecedentes pessoais de doença psiquiátrica, 19 (73,1%) referem a Depressão como doença em causa. A prevalência dos sintomas (ponto de corte > 10 pontos no IDB) foi de 42,1%. Entre os estudantes de cada curso, verificou-se que 50% de Ciências Farmacêuticas, 46% de Ciências Biomédicas e 37% de Medicina apresentavam sintomas depressivos. Os maiores valores na prevalência dos sintomas estão significativamente associados a: baixo nível sócio-económico, menor satisfação com o curso, diminuição na realização de actividades de lazer e consumo regular de cafeína. Na validação do IDB, obteve-se um Alfa de Cronbach de 0,89; os 21 itens do IDB foram reduzidos a quatro dimensões avaliadas pelo IDB: cognitiva, afectiva, somática e desviante do funcionamento depressivo.
Conclusão: Como se pode comprovar no presente estudo, a existência de sintomatologia depressiva nos estudantes universitários é uma realidade bem presente. Nasce assim a necessidade de desenvolver esforços para a implementação de programas de apoio psicológico com vista à sua detecção atempada e prevenir futuras consequências negativas, como o suicídio. A versão do IDB utilizada apresentou boas propriedades psicométricas para a população estudada.
Introduction: The presence of depressive disorders leads to a high negative impact on the population at various levels (not only on personal and family life, but also in their social and economical situation). By the fact of itself watch to a progressive increase of the depressive symptomatology in the university students, passing many unnoticed times and due to the precariousness of epidemiological information in this scope in Portugal, justifies-itself the achievement of this investigation. . Objectives: 1) To determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior and analyze its relation to certain factors; 2) Proceed to the validation of the version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) applied in this population. Methodology: It is presented as a cross-sectional research, drafted in a descriptive and analytical component of data. Based on the application of an anonymous questionnaire via online, which consists of two parts: 1) socio-demographic data and 2) BDI. The results were analyzed using SPSS ® software - version 17 for Windows ® and were considered significant at p < 0.05. We resorted to the test of independence Chi-square to analyse the relationships between variables. In the validation of the BDI, we evaluated the internal consistency and factorial analysis. Results: In total, 359 (36.2%) students have joined this investigation and the absolute majority was single and female. Of the 26 (7.24%) students with a history of psychiatric illness, 19 (73.1%) referred Depression as a disease. The prevalence of symptoms (cutoff point > 10 points in BDI) was 42.1%. Among students of each course, it was found that 50% of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 46% of Biomedical Sciences and 37% of Medicine had depressive symptoms. The highest prevalence of symptoms was significantly associated with: low social and economical status, lower satisfaction with the course, a decrease in leisure activities and regular consumption of caffeine. In the validation of the BDI, we obtained a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89; the 21 BDI items were reduced to four dimensions: cognitive, affective, somatic and depressive deviant functioning. Conclusion: As can be seen in this research, the presence of depressive symptoms in case of college students is really common. It is crucial to improve programs of psychological support with a view to early detection and prevent future negative consequences, as a suicide. The BDI version showed good psychometric properties for the studied population.
Introduction: The presence of depressive disorders leads to a high negative impact on the population at various levels (not only on personal and family life, but also in their social and economical situation). By the fact of itself watch to a progressive increase of the depressive symptomatology in the university students, passing many unnoticed times and due to the precariousness of epidemiological information in this scope in Portugal, justifies-itself the achievement of this investigation. . Objectives: 1) To determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior and analyze its relation to certain factors; 2) Proceed to the validation of the version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) applied in this population. Methodology: It is presented as a cross-sectional research, drafted in a descriptive and analytical component of data. Based on the application of an anonymous questionnaire via online, which consists of two parts: 1) socio-demographic data and 2) BDI. The results were analyzed using SPSS ® software - version 17 for Windows ® and were considered significant at p < 0.05. We resorted to the test of independence Chi-square to analyse the relationships between variables. In the validation of the BDI, we evaluated the internal consistency and factorial analysis. Results: In total, 359 (36.2%) students have joined this investigation and the absolute majority was single and female. Of the 26 (7.24%) students with a history of psychiatric illness, 19 (73.1%) referred Depression as a disease. The prevalence of symptoms (cutoff point > 10 points in BDI) was 42.1%. Among students of each course, it was found that 50% of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 46% of Biomedical Sciences and 37% of Medicine had depressive symptoms. The highest prevalence of symptoms was significantly associated with: low social and economical status, lower satisfaction with the course, a decrease in leisure activities and regular consumption of caffeine. In the validation of the BDI, we obtained a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89; the 21 BDI items were reduced to four dimensions: cognitive, affective, somatic and depressive deviant functioning. Conclusion: As can be seen in this research, the presence of depressive symptoms in case of college students is really common. It is crucial to improve programs of psychological support with a view to early detection and prevent future negative consequences, as a suicide. The BDI version showed good psychometric properties for the studied population.
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Estudantes universitários - Sintomatologia depressiva Estudantes universitários - Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde - UBI Depressão - Avaliação - Escala de Beck Sintomatologia depressiva - Estudo de caso
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Universidade da Beira Interior