Depression and life events in medical residents

Objective(s):  To study the association between life events and depression in medical residents. Material & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and 233 medical residents were assessed. First, a brief interview was carried out to collect information on age, marital status, number of childre...

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Main Authors: Mohsenifar s, Ghassemzadeh H, Sadeghi M
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research 2003-01-01
Series:Payesh
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Online Access:http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-852-en.html
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spelling doaj-68a81e97d17d47b1a0763401851ce9942020-11-25T04:09:10ZfasIranian Institute for Health Sciences ResearchPayesh1680-76262008-45362003-01-01213945Depression and life events in medical residentsMohsenifar s0Ghassemzadeh H1Sadeghi M2 Objective(s):  To study the association between life events and depression in medical residents. Material & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and 233 medical residents were assessed. First, a brief interview was carried out to collect information on age, marital status, number of children) and past psychiatric and family history. Then, they were assessed through the following questionnaires:  The Hamilton Depression Inventory, The Beck Depression Inventory, The Holmes & Rahe Life Events Scale and The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Results:  The  mean  score  of  the  BDI   was  5.77(SD:5.74)   and  the  mean  score  of  the  HDI   was 5.2l (SD: 4.38).  The incidence of depression was 19% (as measured by the BDI) and 24.5% (as measured by the HDI). There was a significant correlation between the BDI and the HDI. There was no significant correlation between depression with age, sex, marital status, number of children and religion. Males were more sensitive to work and financial problems, and females were more sensitive to personal and marital problems. Conclusion: Depression in medical residents is correlated with number and type of life events.http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-852-en.htmllife eventsdepressionmedical residents
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author Mohsenifar s
Ghassemzadeh H
Sadeghi M
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Sadeghi M
Depression and life events in medical residents
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life events
depression
medical residents
author_facet Mohsenifar s
Ghassemzadeh H
Sadeghi M
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title Depression and life events in medical residents
title_short Depression and life events in medical residents
title_full Depression and life events in medical residents
title_fullStr Depression and life events in medical residents
title_full_unstemmed Depression and life events in medical residents
title_sort depression and life events in medical residents
publisher Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research
series Payesh
issn 1680-7626
2008-4536
publishDate 2003-01-01
description Objective(s):  To study the association between life events and depression in medical residents. Material & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study and 233 medical residents were assessed. First, a brief interview was carried out to collect information on age, marital status, number of children) and past psychiatric and family history. Then, they were assessed through the following questionnaires:  The Hamilton Depression Inventory, The Beck Depression Inventory, The Holmes & Rahe Life Events Scale and The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Results:  The  mean  score  of  the  BDI   was  5.77(SD:5.74)   and  the  mean  score  of  the  HDI   was 5.2l (SD: 4.38).  The incidence of depression was 19% (as measured by the BDI) and 24.5% (as measured by the HDI). There was a significant correlation between the BDI and the HDI. There was no significant correlation between depression with age, sex, marital status, number of children and religion. Males were more sensitive to work and financial problems, and females were more sensitive to personal and marital problems. Conclusion: Depression in medical residents is correlated with number and type of life events.
topic life events
depression
medical residents
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