Common Mental Disorders in Brazilian Graduate Students
This study is aimed at ascertaining the prevalence and predictors of common mental disorders (CMD) among Brazilian graduate students (N=5266) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20), the study found that CMD prevalence was 63.5%. Variables such as not feelin...
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| author | Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina Assis do Carmo Pereira Junior Gabriela Di Donato Marina Aleixo Diniz Rezende Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti Vanderlei José Haas Adriana Inocenti Miasso |
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| description | This study is aimed at ascertaining the prevalence and predictors of common mental disorders (CMD) among Brazilian graduate students (N=5266) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20), the study found that CMD prevalence was 63.5%. Variables such as not feeling well psychologically in the past year, the necessity to take leave of absence from activities, residence in different regions, female gender, studying for a master’s degree, extension of deadlines, experience of setbacks in education, COVID-19 risk group membership, self-medication practices, seeking medical assistance, and prior psychological counseling emerged as predictors of CMD. The findings reveal the vulnerability of graduate students to CMDs and risk factors amenable to institutional intervention. To this end, the study provides support for strategies promoting mental health in this population. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fae18d6ba07048d38ebe425c29dc1db72025-02-03T07:14:08ZengWileyMental Illness2036-74652024-01-01202410.1155/2024/6986548Common Mental Disorders in Brazilian Graduate StudentsNayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina0Assis do Carmo Pereira Junior1Gabriela Di Donato2Marina Aleixo Diniz Rezende3Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti4Vanderlei José Haas5Adriana Inocenti Miasso6College of NursingDepartment of Basic Nursing of the School of NursingCollege of NursingSchool of Social and Health Sciences-Nursing ProgramCollege of NursingHealth Care Graduate ProgramCollege of NursingThis study is aimed at ascertaining the prevalence and predictors of common mental disorders (CMD) among Brazilian graduate students (N=5266) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20), the study found that CMD prevalence was 63.5%. Variables such as not feeling well psychologically in the past year, the necessity to take leave of absence from activities, residence in different regions, female gender, studying for a master’s degree, extension of deadlines, experience of setbacks in education, COVID-19 risk group membership, self-medication practices, seeking medical assistance, and prior psychological counseling emerged as predictors of CMD. The findings reveal the vulnerability of graduate students to CMDs and risk factors amenable to institutional intervention. To this end, the study provides support for strategies promoting mental health in this population.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6986548 |
| spellingShingle | Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina Assis do Carmo Pereira Junior Gabriela Di Donato Marina Aleixo Diniz Rezende Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti Vanderlei José Haas Adriana Inocenti Miasso Common Mental Disorders in Brazilian Graduate Students Mental Illness |
| title | Common Mental Disorders in Brazilian Graduate Students |
| title_full | Common Mental Disorders in Brazilian Graduate Students |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6986548 |
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