TY - JOUR AU - Phanpanich, Patcharee AU - Manwong, Mereerat AU - Vongsuphakphan, Praewwarin AU - Udomsuk, Latiporn PY - 2021/06/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Depression in the First to Third Year Medical Students of College of Medicine and Pubic Health, Ubonratchatani University JF - Srinagarind Medical Journal JA - SRIMEDJ VL - 36 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/251205 SP - 287-294 AB - <p><strong><u>Background and Objective</u></strong><strong>:</strong> Depression plays an important role in mental disorders. This study aimed to &nbsp;investigate the prevalence and associated factors of depression in the first to third year medical students of College of Medicine and Pubic Health, Ubonratchatani University.</p><p><strong><u>Methods</u></strong><strong>:</strong> A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on pre-clinical year medical students who registered in 2019. The participants completed a general information, the Thai-version of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and the questionnaire about factors that involved in depression &nbsp;Descriptive statistics were analyzed with general information. To determine the relationship between the factors and depression using univariate logistic regression and multivariate logistic regression were used and presented in a crude odds ratio, adjusted odds ratio, and 95%confidence interval.</p><p><strong><u>Results</u></strong><strong>:</strong> Of the 143 first to third year medical students that participated in the study, 53 were male and 90 were female. The prevalence of depression was found to be 32.87 %; 27.97 % had mild depression, 4.20 % had moderate depression and 0.70 % had severe depression. Depression related with many factors in this study including student examination, parents’ decisions of study in medicine, disinterest in studies and un-readiness to learn.</p><p><strong><u>Conclusions and Discussions</u></strong><strong>:</strong> Pre-clinic medical students had a high rate of depression at 32.9% and related with student examination, parents’ decisions of study in medicine, disinterest in studies and un-readiness to learn, respectively. The results from this study confirmed previous study results and might be one of basic information for further supports medical student who has depression.</p> ER -