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The Prevalence of Anxiety, Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Undergraduate Students at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College Meckamalil C, Brodie B, Hogg-Johnson S Carroll LJ, Jacobs C, Côté P
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The Prevalence of Anxiety, Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Undergraduate Students at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Meckamalil C 1 , Brodie B 1 , Hogg-Johnson S 1 2 , Carroll LJ 3 , Jacobs C 1 , Côté P 4 5
1Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, 2University of Toronto, 3University of Alberta, 4University of Ontario Institute of Technology 5UOIT-CMCC Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation
Abstract
Objective: (1) Determine the one-week prevalence of moderate to extreme symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression in chiropractic undergraduate students. (2) Determine whether the prevalence varies across gender and year of study.
Participants: Undergraduate students at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in fall 2017 to measure self-reported symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression using the DASS-21.
Results: The participation rate was 67.0% (510/766). The one-week prevalence of moderate to extreme symptoms was 19.0% (95% CI: 13.0-25.0) for depression; 32.6% (95% CI: 24.7-40.3) for anxiety and 21.8% (95% CI: 15.6-28.1) for stress. The prevalence of stress varied significantly across gender: 25.4% (95% CI: 20.530.3) for females versus 16.3% (95% CI: 11.2-21.3) for males. The one-week prevalence of depressive (24.8%; 95% CI: 17.632.0) and anxiety (40.9%; 95% CI: 32.6-49.1) symptoms peaked in second year.
Conclusions: Self-reported symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression are common in CMCC students.
Originally published in the Journal of American College Health. 2020 May 5;1-6. Online ahead of print.
Reproduced with permission from Taylor & Francis.
