Satisfaction with life and depression among medical students in Auckland, New Zealand
Chinthaka B Samaranayake, Antonio T Fernando
The researchers looked at the rates of satisfaction of life, depression and anxiety among different student groups in The University of Auckland (medicine versus combined nursing, architecture, health sciences students). About 600 of 780 eligible students participated. Contrary to many other studies, medical students, despite the stressors of medical school, appear to have higher satisfaction with life and similar if not better rates of depression and anxiety compared to other student groups. Female university students surveyed had significantly higher rates of depression and anxiety compared to male students. However, the study design, which was a simple survey, is not strong enough to make a very strong conclusion.
