Department of Biochemistry and Psychiatry, Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;55(3):287-9. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.117151.
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.
Determination of relationship between Type D personality and Depression among medical students.
Undergraduate students (both male and female, total 150) of Midnapore Medical College.
Beck Depression Inventory for depression and DS 14 for type D personality.
The scores were expressed as mean + SD. The significance of difference between the scores was done by Fisher's 2 sample t test.
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.
学业压力虽然已经确定，但仍是医学生抑郁的一个不可避免的原因。D 型人格作为抑郁的决定因素是解决这个问题的一种新方法。
确定医学生 D 型人格与抑郁之间的关系。
米德纳波尔医学院的本科生（男女皆有，共 150 人）。
使用贝克抑郁量表（BDI）评估抑郁，使用 D 型人格量表 14 版（DS 14）评估 D 型人格。
评分表示为均值+标准差。采用 Fisher 2 样本 t 检验比较评分之间的差异显著性。
抑郁的患病率为 45.3%，主要为轻度（34%）。D 型人格见于 70%的病例，其中 15.3%只有负性情感，23.3%只有社交抑制，31%同时存在这两个因素。36%的病例同时存在抑郁和 D 型人格。负性情感与抑郁显著相关，可以进行治疗性控制。
