Depression and type D personality among undergraduate medical students.

CONTEXT

Academic pressure, though established, is an unavoidable cause of depression in medical students. Role of Type D personality as determinant of depression is a new approach to the problem.

AIM

Determination of relationship between Type D personality and Depression among medical students.

SETTING AND DESIGN

Undergraduate students (both male and female, total 150) of Midnapore Medical College.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Beck Depression Inventory for depression and DS 14 for type D personality.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The scores were expressed as mean + SD. The significance of difference between the scores was done by Fisher's 2 sample t test.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION

Prevalence rate of depression was 45.3%, which was mostly of mild type (34%). Type D personality was present in 70% cases of which 15.3% had only negative affectivity, 23.3% had only social inhibition and 31% had both the components. Both depression & Type D personality were present in 36% cases. Negative affectivity component was significantly associated with depression which could be therapeutically controlled.