Investigation of students’ mental health at Kurdistan University of Medical Science and it related with age, gender and their academic courses

Yousefi, Fayegh; Mohamadkhani, Mona

doi:10.22038/mjms.2014.2173

Investigation of students’ mental health at Kurdistan University of Medical Science and it related with age, gender and their academic courses

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Fayegh Yousefi ¹

Mona Mohamadkhani ²

¹ Assistant Profesor of Child Psychology/ Kurdistan University of Medical Science

² Student (M.S) in Education of Health/ Kurdistan University of Medical Science

10.22038/mjms.2014.2173

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of the current study was determined the mental health among students at Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences and its related to age, gender and their academic courses.
Material and Methods: The design of the current study is cross-sectional. The sample size was 1000 students (382 males and 618 females). The sampling method of the present study was Convenience sampling method. The instrument of the current study was GHQ-28.
Results:The results of the present study show that 40.2 % of respondents had lack of mental health. Based on the results of the current study there was a significant difference (p≤0.01) between gender and respondents’ mental health.
Conclusion: According to results of the present study many of students have lack of mental health, so prevention and counseling services for decrease the students’ problems are necessary and commented.

Keywords

Mental health

AGE

Gender

Academic Courses