Estresse e depressão em estudantes universitários da saúde

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the association between stress and de-pression in university health students. Methods: cross-sec-tional study conducted with 792 university health students. The research instrument consisted of characterization of the students, Beck Depression Inventory version II and the Per-ceived Stress Scale. Absolute and relative frequency analysis, mean, standard deviation, median, interquartile range, and analytical statistics were used. Results: an association be-tween depression and stress was observed (p<0.001) as well as a strong correlation between them (r=0.731; p<0.001). In high level of stress 9.5% of the students were found and in moderate to severe intensity of common symptoms of depres-sion, 23.6% of them. Conclusion: a difference was noticed in the averages between the levels of depression and stress, in that the higher the level of depression, the higher the average stress. Contributions to practice: stress is related to depres-sion in university health students, who, after graduation, may enter the labor market already sick, which brings implications for interpersonal relationships, worker health and patient sa-fety. This enables higher education institutions to reflect on the organization of practices and intervention policies for the reduction of stress and depression among students.