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- Title
Study of Psychiatric Morbidity in Women Attending Medical School in Cairo.
- Authors
Ismail, Reda M; Said, Zeinab N; Elaidy, Asmaa M
- Abstract
Background: Medical education is perceived as being stressful, with negative effects on students’ mental health. and subsequently has a negative effect on their cognitive functioning and learning. The current study aims to assess psychiatric morbidity at medical school entry and later among students of new medical program (Integrated Credit Hours/Points program) at the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Girls Branch, in Cairo. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted for new entrants to the medical program and in the second semester of the academic years 2018/19 and in academic year 2019/20. All were assessed using the Arabic version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Psychiatric assessment was during the pre-entry orientation week Results: N=453 medical students were assessed at the point of entry and in the second semester (n=229 for the academic year 2018/2019; n=224 for the academic year 2019/20). Findings suggest that 44.3% reported psychiatric morbidity at school entry with this rising to 82.8% by the second semesters, which differed significantly from what was reported by the intake for the next academic year (2019/20), which was 27.1% and 49.02%, respectively Conclusion: Psychological distress is very common among medical students especially during the first year of study.
- Subjects
CAIRO (Egypt); JAMI'AT al-Azhar; MEDICAL schools; MENTAL health of students; MEDICAL students; GENERAL Health Questionnaire; SCHOOL year; MEDICAL school curriculum
- Publication
Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 2023, Vol 34, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1016-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12816/0061470