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Abdul Fattah Najm
Mental Health Program, International Assistance Mission, Herat Office, Herat, Afghanistan
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Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression among Medical Students of Herat University
Author(s): Abdul Fattah Najm, Mina Alekozay, Rahim Bakhsh Faqiryar and Aziz-ur-Rahman Niazi*
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the world that causes disabling diseases around the globe. More than one million people live with depression in Afghanistan. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of depression among medical students of Herat University in west of Afghanistan. A cross sectional study was conducted on 293 students who were selected by a stratified simple random sampling technique from the Faculty of Medicine at Herat University. Sociodemographic characteristics of participants were collected using a structured questionnaire; data on depression were collected using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ- 9). Data were analyzed in IBM SPSS Statistics (version 27). Of the 293 participants, 166 (56.7%) were girls and 127 (43.3%) were boys. The mean age of participants was 21.5 ± 1.6 yea.. View more»