Mental distress among university students in Ethiopia: a cross sectional survey

Y Dessie, J Ebrahim, T Awoke - Pan African Medical Journal, 2013 - ajol.info
Introduction: Mental distress is becoming a common health problem among university
students. There is limited information in this regard in Ethiopia. This study was aimed to …

Prevalence of mental distress and associated factors among Hawassa University medical students, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

B Melese, B Bayu, F Wondwossen, K Tilahun… - BMC research …, 2016 - Springer
Background Mental distress is a mental health problem expressed with variable levels of
depressive, anxiety, panic or somatic symptoms. Owing to several factors tertiary level …

Predictors of mental distress among undergraduate health science students of Hawassa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa, SNNPR …

A Bedaso, B Duko, T Yeneabat - Annals of general psychiatry, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Mental distress is a mental health problem which includes anxiety, depression
and somatic symptoms. Mental health problems affect society as a whole and no group is …

Prevalence of mental distress and associated factors among undergraduate students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institutional based …

BA Dachew, T Azale Bisetegn, R Berhe Gebremariam - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Mental health problems affect society as a whole and no group is immune to
mental disorders; however, students have significantly high level of mental distress than …

Mental distress in medical students of Addis Ababa University.

A Alem, M Araya, Z Melaku… - Ethiopian medical …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Life in medical schools is said to be stressful leading to emotional distress. A study was
conducted to estimate the prevalence of mental distress among medical students of Addis …

Mental distress and associated factors among undergraduate students at the University of Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

L Hersi, K Tesfay, H Gesesew, W Krahl, D Ereg… - International journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Mental distress is a common finding among University students. Empirical
research has confirmed that the University student population has a higher prevalence of …

Factors associated with mental distress among undergraduate students in northern Tanzania

IB Mboya, B John, ES Kibopile, L Mhando, J George… - BMC psychiatry, 2020 - Springer
Background Mental distress is a major public health problem which includes anxiety,
depression and somatic symptoms such as sleeping problems, fatigue and headache …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of stress and associated factors among regular students at Debre Birhan governmental and nongovernmental health science colleges North …

AM Abebe, YG Kebede, F Mengistu - Psychiatry journal, 2018 - hindawi.com
Background. Stress is very common among medical students across the globe with the
prevalence of 80%. In Ethiopia, the prevalence is 47.7% among college students. Unless it …

Common mental disorders among medical students in Jimma University, Southwest Ethiopia

H Kerebih, M Ajaeb, H Hailesilassie - African health sciences, 2017 - ajol.info
Background: Medical students are at risk of common mental disorders due to difficulties of
adjustment to the medical school environment, exposure to death and human suffering …

Prevalence and predictors of depression and anxiety among medical students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

MA Kebede, B Anbessie, G Ayano - International journal of mental health …, 2019 - Springer
Background Depression and anxiety are among the common mental health problems
among medical students and are associated with poor academic performance, disability and …