Social Anxiety Disorder in Medical Students in Sohag University (SAD-Med-Soh)

Sohag University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Social Anxiety Disorder

Treatments: Other: Validated questionnaire : Social Phobia Inventory ( SPIN ) questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05336552

Soh-Med-22-04-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be done in Sohag University to assess the prevalence and associated factors of Social Anxiety Disorder among undergraduate medical students .

Full description

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is highly prevalent and it's the most common anxiety disorder among all types of anxiety disorders and the third most common psychiatric condition after major depression and alcohol dependence.

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by persistent fear/anxiety about one or more social or performance situations in social settings.

SAD had a negative impact on learning ability, educational achievement, professional achievement, quality of life and social relationship & may lead to substance abuse and depressive disorders.

Enrollment: 360 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical undergraduate students who are still studying for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ( M.B.B.Ch ) .

Exclusion criteria

• students who will refuse to participate in this study .