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Prevalence of depression among medical students in River Nile State Universities 2021

 Studying  medicine is uphill and tiring requiring long hours of study and, continuous dealing with patients and death. A medical student in River Nile state suffers from a high rate of depression due to academic stress, expectations of parents, and comparisons with peers.  Medical education is stressful and exhausting for mental health and has a negative impact on academic, health, and social performance. It also affects the student’s future as a doctor and patient care. The aim of this study knowledge prevalence of depression and its relation to socio-demographic variables among medical students in River Nile State Universities. This cross-sectional study in River Nile State describes the prevalence of depression. We used random samples of students from the first to fifth years, including 335 questionnaires, the Hospital Anxiety, and Depression Scale (HADS) data tool, and an additional question regarding the demographic variable. We found a high prevalence of depression .77.9%(depression 38.8 and borderline depression 39.1%). There was no significant association between college and depression (p= 0.67) and no significant in depression scores among different academic year (p= 0.21), gender (p= 0.23), notionally (p=0.7), smoking (p=0.79), and showed associated drugs (p=0.5). There are some risk factors other than university and smoking that lead to depression The rate of depression is high among medical students. Students must be identified and assisted and taken seriously.