Abstract
Background: Anxiety is a global health concern among medical students. It is associated with difficulty concentrating, insomnia, and a damaged lifestyle. Objectives: To describe anxiety symptoms and to assess the prevalence of anxiety in medical students. Design and Setting: It was conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample of 120 first- to fourth-year medical students in the inner state of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: An anxiety symptoms formulary was applied to the medical students. There were estimated the prevalence of anxiety and the prevalence ratios according to the variables age, gender, course year, sleep, physical activity, and use of anti-anxiety medication.
Highlights
There were estimated the prevalence of condition.[2] anxiety and the prevalence ratios according to the variables age, gender, course year, sleep, physical activity, and use of anti-anxiety medication
The global prevalence of people suffering from anxiety was 3.6% in 2015
A cross-sectional study among 40,348 medical students found a prevalence of 33.8%
Summary
To describe anxiety symptoms and to assess the prevalence of anxiety in medical students. Anxiety is a common state of the body characterized by fear and physical stress, and when it becomes pathological, anxiety symptoms. Design and Setting: It was conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample of 120 first- to fourth-year medical students in the inner state of São Paulo, Brazil. Exposure to traumatic experiences in childhood could explain the origin of anxiety symptoms[1] and, during life, can be associated
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