Anxiety, Depression and Burnout Syndrome in Students of Pilot Groups and Students form UPAEP Central Campus

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, the population suffering from a mental disorder is one in every eight people in the world. Mental disorders in medical students are of the utmost importance due to the consequences and lack of attention to the matter. The objective of this study was to prove the emotional burden of the UPAEP medical students in two study groups with two different environments with an impact on their emotions. This study was observational, cross-sectional, prospective, and comparative using the same study subjects and only numerators. It utilized two study centers and convenience sampling. Control group: students from 5th semester Pilot Groups with 26 students, and control group with 26 students from central campus from the same semester. Data collection includes the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and Maslach Burnout Inventory, considering the variables: gender, physical activity, marital status, university scholarship, academic load, and additional job. It was found that the largest group with severe anxiety was from the central campus (2/26). Depression: females from central campus with 42.31%. Burnout syndrome was more frequent in Pilot Groups, with the female gender predominating at 30.7% (n=8). The pilot group member had a role with different characteristics from the central campus student. Due to the scenario in which they operate, they have contact with real patients during their academic day with the consequent rigor of this hurting the mental illnesses studied.