Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer 2002)
J Arak Uni Med Sci 2002, 5(2): 11-15 |
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1- Faculty Member of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
2- Faculty Member of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Hormozgan, Iran.
2- Faculty Member of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Hormozgan, Iran.
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Introduction: The purpose of this research is to examine depression rate in nursing, midwifery and health students and its relation with individual perception about being religious in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.
Materials and Methods: In this study 299 students (105 male and 194 female) were examined with non-random and easy sampling method. They examine with Beck Depression Test and Alport Religious Guidance.
Results: On the basis of Beck Depression Test 55.5% were without depression, 32.1% mild depression, 11% moderate depression and 1.3% sever and very sever depression. Also with use of two dimension Alport Religious Guidance, 8.7% of subjects had external and 91.3% internal religion. On the basis of other classification of Alport Religious Guidance 70.9% of subjects had high, 21.4% moderate and 7.7% low religion. By the means of x2 Test it shows the rate of depression between girls and boys have not significant difference (p>0.05). In order to access relationship between the rate of depression and religious viewpoint, Pearson Correlation Test was used that results show that it is reverse correlation between them. So that with increased religious viewpoint the rate of depression was decreased (r=-0.6, p<0.05)
Conclusion: In low religion subjects, the rate of depression was more than religion subjects.
Materials and Methods: In this study 299 students (105 male and 194 female) were examined with non-random and easy sampling method. They examine with Beck Depression Test and Alport Religious Guidance.
Results: On the basis of Beck Depression Test 55.5% were without depression, 32.1% mild depression, 11% moderate depression and 1.3% sever and very sever depression. Also with use of two dimension Alport Religious Guidance, 8.7% of subjects had external and 91.3% internal religion. On the basis of other classification of Alport Religious Guidance 70.9% of subjects had high, 21.4% moderate and 7.7% low religion. By the means of x2 Test it shows the rate of depression between girls and boys have not significant difference (p>0.05). In order to access relationship between the rate of depression and religious viewpoint, Pearson Correlation Test was used that results show that it is reverse correlation between them. So that with increased religious viewpoint the rate of depression was decreased (r=-0.6, p<0.05)
Conclusion: In low religion subjects, the rate of depression was more than religion subjects.
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