TY - JOUR ID - 2597 TI - Assessing Medical Students Depressive Symptoms by Use of University Student Depression Inventory (USDI) in Sabzevar, Iran. JO - Future of Medical Education Journal JA - FMEJ LA - en SN - 2251-8347 AU - Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Reza AU - Rezaei Kalat, Afsaneh AU - Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Ali AU - Kamranian, Homan AD - Sabzevar University of Medical Science, Sabzevar, IRAN. AD - Sabzevar University of Medical Science, Sabzevar, IRAN AD - Mashhad University of medical science, Mashhad, IRAN. AD - Department of Medical Education, Sabzevar University of medical science, Sabzevar, Iran. Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 19 EP - 23 KW - Depression Medical student Psychiatry DO - 10.22038/fmej.2014.2597 N2 - Background: Many studies suggest depression rate in medical students is higher in comparison to others. Such disorder can cause motivation loss and hopelessness. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the depression symptoms and their contributors amongst medical students who were studying the Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) in Sabzevar, Iran.   Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated the students of Sabzevar University of Medical Science by applying University Student Depression Inventory (USDI) questionnaire, which was comprised of categories including lethargy, cognitive/environmental and academic motivation groups. Results: Out of 75 students, 31 voluntarily completed the questionnaire. The mean total USDI score of participants was 60.71 ± 22.55. Although female students got higher USDI scores, data analysis did not show any significant association between USDI results and gender (p>0.05). Lethargy and academic motivation were significantly higher in 4th-semester students (p=0.04 and p=0.001 respectively) and Cognitive/emotional results were significantly higher in 7th semester (p=0.001). Conclusion: Based on the results,  4th-semester students were experiencing more lethargy and showed less motivation for their courses. Reprogramming the ECE courses and providing medical students with more clinical exposure may reduce their depressive symptoms. In addition, 7th-semester students seem to experience more emotional problems which could be due to their upcoming clinical courses in few weeks. UR - https://fmej.mums.ac.ir/article_2597.html L1 - https://fmej.mums.ac.ir/article_2597_b412334f427bd7b5a5959a9cceb87983.pdf ER -