Prevalência de transtorno mental comum em internos de medicina de universidade pública do Nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) and associated factors among medical students of a brazillian university. METHODS: Cross- sectional study realized in March/2015 using the SRQ- 20 (which identifies TMC) and structured questionnaire elaborated by the authors about sociodemographic characteristics, psychological and emotional aspects and educational process. It was carried out descriptive statistic and logistic regression. RESULTS: 71 students participated in the study and 57.7% were male, aged 26 ± 4.7. The percentage of 45,1% had family income of 10 or fewer than 10 minimum wages and 59.2% followed some religion. About personal variables, 66.2 % considered their performance as satisfactory, but 50.7% related that the course was less than what they expected and 22.5% thought of dropping out at some point of graduation; 91.5% were satisfied with their career choice, but 91.5% were unsatisfied with the teaching strategies. CMD prevalence was high among who related experience of serious illness, lack of emotional support and consider that the course was less than expected. The prevalence of CMD was 40.8% associated with considering your own performance as unsatisfactory (OR = 3.93). CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of CMD with factor associated to medical graduation points to the need for immediate preventive action.