Open Access<p>Prevalence and Factors Associated with Depression among Medical Students at Makerere University, Uganda</p>
Author(s) -
Ronald Olum,
Frederick Nelson Nakwagala,
Raymond Odokonyero
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s278841
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , patient health questionnaire , multivariate analysis , cross sectional study , family medicine , psychiatry , anxiety , depressive symptoms , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Depression affects about a third of medical students worldwide. There is paucity of data on depression among medical students in Uganda. The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence and factors associated with depression among medical students at Makerere University College of Health Science (MakCHS), Uganda.