Severe depression associated with dissatisfaction with the thesis process in health sciences students in Ayacucho-Peru

Palomino-Vargas V.; Alarcón-Vila P.; Rivera-Berrios L.; Armada J.; Mejía C.R. · Revista Chilena de Neuro-Psiquiatria (2024) · DOI: 10.4067/s0717-92272024000400292

Resumen

Introduction: To determine the association between severe depression and dissatisfaction with the thesis process in health sciences students in Ayacucho-Peru. Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional study, using surveys of 82 graduates of 3 health sciences careers in the central Peruvian highlands. Twenty-eight difficulties experienced in the thesis process were questioned, then this was compared to the anxiety, depression, and stress they had (measured with the DASS-21 test); statistical data of association was obtained. Results: In the bivariate analysis, the students who had higher scores of dissatisfactions with the thesis process had a higher frequency of severe depression (cPR: 4.23; 95% CI: 1.91-9.33; p value <0.001), severe anxiety (cPR: 2.71; 95%CI: 1.06-7.09; p-value=0.038) and severe stress (cPR: 2.34; 95%CI: 1.38-3.97; p-value =0.002). In the multivariate analysis, the students who had higher scores of dissatisfactions with the thesis process had a higher frequency of severe depression, both in the model that adjusted for socio-educational variables (aPR: 4.08: 95%CI: 1, 47-11.31; value p=0.007), such as the one that only had the variables of the mental sphere (aPR: 3.96; 95%CI: 1.49-10.55; value p=0.006). Conclusion: There is a clear association of depression according to dissatisfaction in the thesis process, this must be monitored, since it could lead to serious problems, including suicide, therefore, actions must be taken in this regard

Instituciones: Universidad Continental; Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga; Universidad de Huánuco