Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilena

Background: The increase in university population in Chile has also increased the number of students presenting mental health disorders. Aim: To determine the frequency of mental health problems and its association with other relevant variables among students of a regional university in Chile. Mater...

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Autores principales:	Antúnez,Zayra, Vinet,Eugenia V
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2013
Materias:	Demography, health status Diagnosis, dual (Psychiatry) Education, professional Mental health
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720130002000102013-05-24Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilenaAntúnez,ZayraVinet,Eugenia V Demography, health status Diagnosis, dual (Psychiatry) Education, professional Mental health Background: The increase in university population in Chile has also increased the number of students presenting mental health disorders. Aim: To determine the frequency of mental health problems and its association with other relevant variables among students of a regional university in Chile. Material and Methods: A sample of 484 students aged 18 to 28 years (45% males) were assessed once using a battery of tests designed to detect mental health problems. The instruments used were Derogates SCL-90-R, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21) and a social-demographic questionnaire. Results: Fifteen percent of the sample presented high levels of mental health symptoms, determined according to the cut-off points of Beck inventories. This symptomatic group, which also showed high levels of stress, was composed mostly of freshmen and women. There was a significant association between symptoms and socio-demographic variables such as living in rural areas, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, a higher need for psychological and psychiatric care and a lower number of extracurricular activities. Conclusions: The knowledge of mental health problems among university students will allow to generate strategies for mental health prevention, promotion and treatment.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.141 n.2 20132013-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872013000200010es10.4067/S0034-98872013000200010
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topic	Demography, health status Diagnosis, dual (Psychiatry) Education, professional Mental health
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description	Background: The increase in university population in Chile has also increased the number of students presenting mental health disorders. Aim: To determine the frequency of mental health problems and its association with other relevant variables among students of a regional university in Chile. Material and Methods: A sample of 484 students aged 18 to 28 years (45% males) were assessed once using a battery of tests designed to detect mental health problems. The instruments used were Derogates SCL-90-R, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21) and a social-demographic questionnaire. Results: Fifteen percent of the sample presented high levels of mental health symptoms, determined according to the cut-off points of Beck inventories. This symptomatic group, which also showed high levels of stress, was composed mostly of freshmen and women. There was a significant association between symptoms and socio-demographic variables such as living in rural areas, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, a higher need for psychological and psychiatric care and a lower number of extracurricular activities. Conclusions: The knowledge of mental health problems among university students will allow to generate strategies for mental health prevention, promotion and treatment.
author	Antúnez,Zayra Vinet,Eugenia V
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title	Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilena
title_short	Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilena
title_full	Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilena
title_fullStr	Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilena
title_full_unstemmed	Problemas de salud mental en estudiantes de una universidad regional chilena
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publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2013
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