NCT06820814

The Association Between Physical Symptoms and Depression Among Medical Students in Egypt

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 155 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To examine the association between depression and physical symptoms among medical students in Egypt.

Detailed description

The Google Form will be open for one week from the start of the academic term. It is divided into three parts: Demographic Data - which includes age, academic level, relationship status, and whether the student intends to work while studying. Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9: Assesses symptoms of poor mental health in the two weeks prior to the start of term. Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-15: This is a measure of physical symptoms felt in the week prior to the commencement of the academic term. The questionnaire will be distributed among different medical faculties in Egypt and all students will be required to fill it out. Data analysis will be done through SPSS to explore the relationship between psychological and physical symptoms.

Conditions

• Depression Anxiety Disorder
• Physical Disorders

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-08
• Primary completion: 2025-02-15
• Completion: 2025-02-20
• First posted: 2025-02-11
• Last updated: 2025-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt