Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia
Introduction: Academic burden is a situation where students feel overwhelmed by the requirements of time and energy to attain certain academic goals, which can potentially contribute to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. This study aims to assess the level of anxiety and depression an...
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Introduction: Academic burden is a situation where students feel overwhelmed by the requirements of time and energy to attain certain academic goals, which can potentially contribute to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. This study aims to assess the level of anxiety and depression and its associated factors with anxiety and depression among final-year health sciences undergraduates in Malaysia.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a public a university in Malaysia. Mental disorders in this study, which refer to anxiety and depression were measured using the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The Perceptions of Academic Stress (PAS) scale was used to measure academic burden.
Results: Findings revealed that 42.9% of final-year health sciences undergraduates experienced minimal anxiety and 32.8% experienced mild depression. Time constraints and study program were significantly associated with anxiety and depression, while pressures to perform were significantly associated with depression.
Conclusion: The majority of final-year health sciences undergraduates have a minimal and mild level of anxiety and depression and it’s associated with time constraints, study program and pressures to perform. Therefore, university authorities need to enhance and improve mental disorders of final-year health sciences undergraduates.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a16d3a1e7dc44e42bdc82f29332c39fc2025-08-20T03:15:44ZengMedsci PublicationsNational Journal of Community Medicine0976-33252229-68162025-08-01160810.55489/njcm.160820255364Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in MalaysiaIntan Zulyana Zulkefli0Haliza Abdul Rahman1Azrin Shah Abu Bakar2Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Introduction: Academic burden is a situation where students feel overwhelmed by the requirements of time and energy to attain certain academic goals, which can potentially contribute to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. This study aims to assess the level of anxiety and depression and its associated factors with anxiety and depression among final-year health sciences undergraduates in Malaysia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a public a university in Malaysia. Mental disorders in this study, which refer to anxiety and depression were measured using the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The Perceptions of Academic Stress (PAS) scale was used to measure academic burden. Results: Findings revealed that 42.9% of final-year health sciences undergraduates experienced minimal anxiety and 32.8% experienced mild depression. Time constraints and study program were significantly associated with anxiety and depression, while pressures to perform were significantly associated with depression. Conclusion: The majority of final-year health sciences undergraduates have a minimal and mild level of anxiety and depression and it’s associated with time constraints, study program and pressures to perform. Therefore, university authorities need to enhance and improve mental disorders of final-year health sciences undergraduates. https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/5364AnxietyDepressionAcademic BurdenSociodemographic CharacteristicsFinal-year undergraduate health sciences students |
| spellingShingle | Intan Zulyana Zulkefli Haliza Abdul Rahman Azrin Shah Abu Bakar Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia National Journal of Community Medicine Anxiety Depression Academic Burden Sociodemographic Characteristics Final-year undergraduate health sciences students |
| title | Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia |
| title_full | Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia |
| title_short | Sociodemographic and Academic Burden Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression Among Final-Year Health Sciences Undergraduates in Malaysia |
| title_sort | sociodemographic and academic burden factors associated with anxiety and depression among final year health sciences undergraduates in malaysia |
| topic | Anxiety Depression Academic Burden Sociodemographic Characteristics Final-year undergraduate health sciences students |
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