Prevalencia de depresión y factores asociados en estudiantes foráneos de la Carrera de Medicina en las universidades de Cuenca, 2019

Abstract

Background Studying Medicine generates significant levels of stress among university students and predisposes to suffer depression, being more frequent in foreign students. What is studied in this research project. Objective To determine the prevalence of depression and associated factors in foreign students of the medical careers of the Universities of Cuenca, 2019. Methodology Quantitative, cross-sectional and analytical study. Universe of 1322 foreign students of the medical career of the universities of Cuenca, Azuay and Católica, from first to tenth cycle, semester March - July 2019. Sample, 272 students, selected by random sampling and conglomerates. Analysis performed with Excel 2019, IBM SPSS V22 and Epidat 4.2 It was used: sociodemographic data collection form, Hamilton test and social support scale. For the association between depression and the variables we use Prevalence Ratio, with its 95% confidence interval. It was considered, statistically significant association, p <0.05. Results Prevalence of 66.9%. We found statistically significant association with; sex (p = 0.001), career satisfaction (p = 0.01), family types (p = 0.02), family history of depression (p = 0.006), year of study (p = 0.04), social support (p = 0.03). conclusion There is a high prevalence of depression in the studied group, the associated factors were: sex (women), taking early years of the career, a history of depression in the family, single parents, no satisfaction with their career or receiving social support.