title: Association between cigarette smoking and depressive symptoms among military medical students in Turkey.
abstract: An association has been documented between two important health concerns, smoking and depression. A cross-sectional study was carried out to explore whether this relationship exists in a sample of Turkish military medical undergraduates. Of a total of 779 military medical undergraduates, 690 agreed to participate in the study. The students completed a self-administered questionnaire including the Turkish adaptation of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and gave a smoking history. It was determined that the smokers among medical students were 2.2 times more likely to have depressive symptoms than nonsmokers. This result extends the significant association between smoking and depressive symptoms in the literature to a sample of Turkish military medical undergraduates.
authors.affiliation: GATA Halk Sagligi A.D. 06018, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güleç
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiliç
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012008:Recurrence; D012577:Schools, Medical; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014421:Turkey