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EVALUATION of ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, and SUICIDAL INTENT AMONG UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS in CMUL and LASUCOM
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety and, suicidal ideation among undergraduate dental students in CMUL and LASUCOM, and their associated factors.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out among 103 clinical dental students in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos and, the Lagos State University College of Medicine. Data was collected using self-administered online questionnaires comprising open and closed-ended questions. Depression and anxiety were assessed using the depression, anxiety and stress scale, DASS-21, while suicidal intent was assessed using the suicide behaviour questionnaire, SBQ-R. Factors affecting depression anxiety and suicidal intent were assessed using assessor developed questions. Results were analyzed using the Epi info 7.2 software.
Results: This study revealed a 39.80% and a 35.32% prevalence of depression and anxiety respectively in both institutions. Severe depression affected 13.33% of the respondents in CMUL and 10.71% of the respondents in LASUCOM. There was a 16.00% and a 10.71% prevalence of severe anxiety among students of CMUL and LASUCOM respectively. Majority, 84.47%, of respondents had a low suicide risk. However, 56.25% of respondents with severe depression had a high risk of suicide. Some of the major factors that influenced the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and suicidal intent included the course requirements, school management, infrastructure and stress.
Conclusions: Depression, anxiety and suicidal intent were not highly prevalent in both institutions, however, the proportion of the population that suffered from depression and anxiety, suffered from the severe kind. The severity of the former increasing the risk of suicide.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out among 103 clinical dental students in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos and, the Lagos State University College of Medicine. Data was collected using self-administered online questionnaires comprising open and closed-ended questions. Depression and anxiety were assessed using the depression, anxiety and stress scale, DASS-21, while suicidal intent was assessed using the suicide behaviour questionnaire, SBQ-R. Factors affecting depression anxiety and suicidal intent were assessed using assessor developed questions. Results were analyzed using the Epi info 7.2 software.
Results: This study revealed a 39.80% and a 35.32% prevalence of depression and anxiety respectively in both institutions. Severe depression affected 13.33% of the respondents in CMUL and 10.71% of the respondents in LASUCOM. There was a 16.00% and a 10.71% prevalence of severe anxiety among students of CMUL and LASUCOM respectively. Majority, 84.47%, of respondents had a low suicide risk. However, 56.25% of respondents with severe depression had a high risk of suicide. Some of the major factors that influenced the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and suicidal intent included the course requirements, school management, infrastructure and stress.
Conclusions: Depression, anxiety and suicidal intent were not highly prevalent in both institutions, however, the proportion of the population that suffered from depression and anxiety, suffered from the severe kind. The severity of the former increasing the risk of suicide.