Incidence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Final- Year Medical Students versus Internship Graduates of Faculty of Medicine, Sana'a University 2023

Abstract Background: Depression, anxiety, and stress among medical students are significant health issues due to their impact in the challenging journey in medicine. Objective: To assess the relief in depression, anxiety, and stress attributed to graduation of final year medical students of Faculty of Medicine and Health science, Sana'a University, Yemen in 2023. Methodology: Cohort design was employed. Volunteers were 408 with a response rate of 99.8%. They were contacted electronically through faculty registries. The Final year respondents were 212 and the interns were 197. The data were collected by using questionnaire that including socio-demographic characteristics and a validated self-administered questionnaire DASS-21 to assess depression, anxiety and stress. The collected data were analyzed by using (SPSS) version 26. Ethical Clearence Cetrificate was taken from The Faculty of Medicine, Sana'a University. Results: Final year medical students had incidence rates of 74.1% depression, 66 % anxiety and 62.7 % stress. While, internship graduates 63.96% were depressed, 56.9% anxious and 45% were stressed. The relief were significant from depression (p=0.032) and stress (p<0.0001), whereas not significant P=0.067 for anxiety. Conclusion: The rates of depression, anxiety and stress are high among both cohorts. The relief attributed to graduation was significant for depression and stress.