title: Prevalence of depression among students of urmia university of medical sciences (iran).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, thoughts and behaviors. This study was performed to identify the presence of depression among medical students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 undergraduate medical and basic sciences students. Beck depression inventory (BDI) used for data gathering.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean score of BDI was 10.4 ± 0.8 and 52.6% of students scored under the depression threshold. Four of them had severe depression. RESULTS showed no significant relationship between depression and age, education, sex, rank of birth or duration of education.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevalence of depression that can affect the students' quality of education and social behavior was high in Urmia University of Medical Sciences.
authors.affiliation: MSc, Candidate of PhD in Nursing , Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aghakhani
authors.affiliation: MSc , Candidate of PhD in Nursing , Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharif Nia
authors.affiliation: MSc, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Samereh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eghtedar
authors.affiliation: MSc, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Narges
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rahbar
authors.affiliation: MSc, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Madineh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jasemi
authors.affiliation: MSc, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mesgar Zadeh
keywords: Depression; Medical Students; Prevalence; Urmia