Social anxiety in medical students

Abstract

Introduction: When marked by persistent fear and intensified by social anxiety, anxiety becomes indicative of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). Thus, the active methodology proved to be a complicated condition for social phobia due to the need to work as a team, since, in social anxiety patients, the reasons for fear are mainly speech, writing and criticism of their respect. Objective: To evaluate the occurrence of SAD and associated factors in the medical course with a problem-based learning methodology. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study that evaluated the occurrence of SAD at a University Center in a sample of 333 medical students studying from the 1st to the 6th period in the city of Montes Claros - MG, using the Anxiety Scale Liebowitz Social Test in the self-administered version and the Sociodemographic Questionnaire. Results: The study identified that most participants are female (62.8%), most have worsened anxiety throughout the course (66.37%) and psychologists interfere with school performance (85.6%). Conclusion: This study strengthened the relationship between TAS and active methodology in the medical course.