Siddiqui Naveed Ali, Fatima Saba, Taj Fatima Bint, Shahid Ayesha, Moosa Zulfiqar Ali
Naveed Ali Siddiqui, MBBS, MPhil, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry.
Saba Fatima, Student, United Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2020 Jul-Aug;36(5):1096-1099. doi: 10.12669/pjms.36.5.1858.
To study the depression among medical and engineering students of different medical and engineering colleges in Karachi, Pakistan.
A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted at different medical and engineering colleges of Karachi from 1 March 2018 till 30 August 2018. Sample size of 362 was calculated by using software SPSS version 22. A close ended, self-administered, modified form of standardized questionnaire was used which comprised of two parts. First part included collection of socio-demographic data, second part had questions for the assessment of depression. Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) was utilized in scoring the depression level in the study subjects.
In engineering and medical colleges 82.87% and 56.9% students were found depressed repeatedly. The result was highly statistically significant. Overall, 109 (30.1%) students were normal, 114 (31.5%) were suffering from mild, 67 (18.5%) moderate, 32 (8.8%) severe and 40 (11.0%) had very severe depression.
In the present study, rate of depression was higher in engineering students as compared to medical students. It is recommended in future that qualitative studies of the causes of depression reducing interventions need to be encouraged in professional program, especially in engineering students.
研究巴基斯坦卡拉奇不同医学院和工程学院的医学和工程专业学生中的抑郁症情况。
于2018年3月1日至2018年8月30日在卡拉奇不同的医学院和工程学院进行了一项比较性横断面研究。使用SPSS 22软件计算出样本量为362。采用了一种封闭式、自我管理的标准化问卷修改版，该问卷包括两部分。第一部分包括收集社会人口统计学数据，第二部分有用于评估抑郁症的问题。使用汉密尔顿抑郁量表（HAM-D）对研究对象的抑郁水平进行评分。
在工程学院和医学院中，分别有82.87%和56.9%的学生被反复发现有抑郁症状。结果具有高度统计学意义。总体而言，109名（30.1%）学生正常，114名（31.5%）患有轻度抑郁症，67名（18.5%）患有中度抑郁症，32名（8.8%）患有重度抑郁症，40名（11.0%）患有极重度抑郁症。
在本研究中，工程专业学生的抑郁症发生率高于医学专业学生。建议未来在专业课程中，尤其是在工程专业学生中，鼓励开展关于降低抑郁症发生率干预措施原因的定性研究。
