Prevalence of depressive symptoms among Italian medical students: The multicentre cross-sectional "PRIMES" study.

Fabrizio BertGiuseppina Lo MoroAlessio CorradiAnna AcamporaAntonella AgodiLaura BrunelliMaria ChironnaSilvia CocchioVincenza CofiniMarcello Mario D'ErricoCarolina MarzuilloCesira PasquarellaMaria PaviaVincenzo RestivoMaria Rosaria GualanoPaolo LeombruniRoberta Siliquininull null

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Italian medical students are at high risk of reporting DS, similar to the global population of medical students'. Medical schools must make efforts to implement preventive and treatment interventions by offering counselling and working on modifiable factors, such as lifestyle and learning climate.

Keyphrases

medical students
cross sectional
depressive symptoms
physical activity
healthcare
climate change
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
weight loss
social support
study protocol
emergency department
randomized controlled trial
hepatitis c virus
hiv testing