ABSTRACT

Conclusion:

To determine the income of students, to supply appropriate support to those who need it, and to prevent behavior determined as violent by students may be useful to reduce depressive symptoms in students.

Results:

The mean age of the students that participated in the study was 20.5 ±2.24. Of the students, 33 (15.5%) declared that their income was low, 12 (5.6%) had re-ceived depression therapy before, 13 (6.1%) were left handed, and 9 (4.2%) stated that they had been exposed to violence. Mean BDI score was 8.12±7.76 in males and 7.92±7.36 in females. The difference was not statistically significant. Of the stu-dents, 24 (11.7%) were depressive. Being depressive was related to previous depres-sion therapy, low income, playing sports regularly, exposure to violence, and being left handed in females.

Methods:

The population of the study included 213 of 347 (61.4%) students train-ing in the Medical School of Düzce University during the 2009-2010 education year. The questionnaires were implemented under supervision.

Aim:

To reveal the frequency of depressive symptoms according to the Beck De-pression Inventory (BDI) in students of a medical school and the relationship be-tween BDI and socio-demographic characteristics, dominant hand, and exposure to violence.