Les déterminants de la dépression chez les internes 7ème et 8ème année de la faculté de médecine d’antananarivo
International Journal of Development Research
Les déterminants de la dépression chez les internes 7ème et 8ème année de la faculté de médecine d’antananarivo
Received 10th August, 2020; Received in revised form 22nd September, 2020; Accepted 08th October, 2020; Published online 30th November, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Raobelle ENA et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: Depression, a public health problem, affects all ages even the student population. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of depression among medical interns in order to identify the determinants of this disorder. Methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study was carried out among 176 medical interns at the Faculty of Antananarivo from December 2017 to June 2018. Results: The prevalence of depression among medical interns was 14.77%. The presence of anxiety was a risk factor for the onset of depression with adjusted OR: 16.5 (95% CI: 3.2-302.98), and group membership protected residents from this disorder, adjusted OR: 0.35 (95% CI: 0.12-0.90). Other parameters such as gender, age, marital status, drug intake were not retained as determining factors for depression. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among medical interns in Antananarivo is high, a psychological evaluation would be necessary to improve their health.
