Investigation on depression of medical students based on health belief model

• Main Author: Li-Qing Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial Board of Journal of Hainan Medical University 2020-02-01
• Series: Journal of Hainan Medical University
• Subjects: preventive medicine; depression; health belief model; medical students; mental health
• Online Access: http://www.hnykdxxb.com/PDF/202003/13.pdf

Objective: Based on the health belief model, the depression status of medical students was analyzed in order to provide new ideas for the intervention of mental health problems of medical students. Methods: By using the method of stratified cluster sampling, 1053 medical students in a medical college in Hainan province were investigated with self-designed general situation questionnaire, SCL-90, CSQ and emotional management health belief questionnaire. Results: The positive rate of depressive symptoms in medical students was 17.5%. Multivariate unconditional Logistic regression analysis showed that gender, coping style, "perceived obstacles", "perceived severity", "perceived susceptibility" and "self-efficacy" were related factors of depression in medical studengts. Conclusion: The related factors of depression in medical students include personal factors and the health belief factors such as "perceived obstacles", "perceived severity", "perceived susceptibility" and "self-efficacy". Psychological intervention based on Health belief model can be used for intervention of medical students .