Screening diagnostics of psychoemotional disorders in students of Kursk state medical university

Relevance. The importance of screening diagnostics of students' psychoemotional disorders is due to the fact that the detection of significant deviations in prevalence from global values may indicate the impact of other risk factors on individuals, the correction of which must be carried out in the context of preventive measures as a matter of priority.

Purpose – to analyze the prevalence of certain disorders of the psycho-emotional state among students of Kursk State Medical University through screening diagnostic test methods.

Materials and methods. The study involved 150 2nd-year students of Kursk State Medical University, whose ages ranged from 18 to 24 years old. The subjects filled out a specially designed questionnaire aimed at obtaining basic socio-demographic characteristics and underwent 5 diagnostic test methods: the Beck depression scale, the Beck anxiety scale, the Adult ADHD Diagnostic Scale (ASRS), the integrative anxiety test, and the SCL-90 symptomatic questionnaire. A search, systematization and analysis of scientific literature on the issue under study was carried out. Statistical quantitative analysis of the obtained results was performed using the Microsoft Excel 2020 program.

Results. In the course of the conducted research, it was found that the level of depressive manifestations in the respondents is extremely low. No significant imbalance of psychological processes was found in connection with general anxiety. Also, all respondents demonstrated a low probability of developing ADHD. A physiological increase in situational anxiety was noted, as well as a high level of personal anxiety in half of the respondents. Of all the psychopathological symptoms, hostility was the least common, and somatization was the most common.

Conclusions. The group in question was characterized by a lack of propensity to develop depressive states and ADHD, but a high probability of anxiety disorders. A frequent increase in somatization indicated the presence of masked psychological disorders in medical students.

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