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Somatization symptoms-prevalence and risk, stress and resilience factors among medical and dental students at a mid-sized German university.
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- Depressive Symptoms Among Higher Education Students in Germany-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Public health reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The spectrum of somatic and psychological distress: a novel cross-disciplinary analysis of medical and non-medical students in the academic landscape.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Psychological consequences of insufficient sleep in medical students.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Predictor and subgroup analysis of somatic symptoms and emotional exhaustion among university students in Germany during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A scoping review of somatization: characteristics and implications among health profession students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Development and content validation of an instrument to assess the prevalence of psychiatric medication use among dental students at Brazilian universities.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Exploring Causal Pathways to Sleep Quality in Young Adults Using a Multimodal Data-Driven Causal Discovery Analysis.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Managing Stress and Somatization Symptoms Among Students in Demanding Academic Healthcare Environments.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prevalence, characteristics and measurement of somatic symptoms related to mental health in medical students: a scoping review.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: Previous studies have shown that an increased prevalence of mental illness can be found among medical and dental students. Among these, somatization symptoms are severely understudied. The present study examined the prevalence of somatization symptoms in a subpopulation of medical and dental students and aimed at finding associated risk and resilience factors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-reporting questionnaire, including the SOMS-2, the Becks-Depression-Inventory-II (BDI-II), the NEO-Five-Factor-Inventory, and a questionnaire on socio-demographics for possible risk and resilience factors. A total of 271 medical and dental students of a mid-sized German university completed the questionnaire. Results: The Somatization index yielded a mean of 9.12 symptoms for the total sample, which is 1.2 SD higher than the reported norm. A total of 50.7% of the medical students and 63.6% of the dental students transcend a critical somatization score. Significant positive associations for eight general risk factors, four university related stress factors, and a significant negative association for seven resilience factors were found. Conclusion: Medical and even more dental students at the studied university showed a high burden of somatoform complaints. Also, factors were found that could be of etiological relevance and others that could be used to enhance resilience. Both could present an opportunity for the prevention of somatization disorders but prospective and multicenter studies with an aged-matched comparison group are needed to obtain a more accurate overview.
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