Study on the Relationship of Medical Students'Anxiety,Depression and Individuality

Objective To discuss the relationship of medical students' anxiety, depression and individuality,and to provide reference for counseling and education of mental health. Methods 271 medical students were investigated with Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Self-rating Anxiety Scale and Self-rating Depression Scale. Results The positive rates of anxiety and depression were respectively 14.8% and 23.2%,male students was higher than female students,significant difference was found in the anxiety positive rate between male and female. Related analysis results indicated that SAS was positively correlated with SDS, EPQ-P, EPQ-N and negatively correlated with EPQ-E, EPQ-L. SDS was positively correlated with SAS, EPQ-E, EPQ-N and negatively correlated with EPQ-E and EPQ-L. Multi-factors logistic regressive analysis indicated that the factors which influenced the students' anxiety were mainly EPQ-P, EPQ-N and gender, while the factors which influenced the students' depression were mainly EPQ-P and EPQ-N. Conclusion Medical students have the problems of anxiety and depression, and the incidence of anxiety and depression are correlated with individuality.