ANXIETY IN MEDICAL STUDENTS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

Anxiety is classified, through the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, into normal and pathological anxiety, pathological anxiety occurs when this emotion causes an unpleasant sensation in the sufferer, while normal anxiety is evolutionarily developed in the individual. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is estimated that a rate of 3.7% of the world's population suffers from this disorder. This feeling, when characterized as pathological, generates a negative impact on the quality of life of patients, influencing physical and psychological health, living conditions and social relationships, thus, the quality of life of individuals is negatively impacted. In this sense, the present study seeks to highlight the presence of this disorder in medical students, through the literature published in recent years. In a selection of 10 works on the subject, we found that the WHO highlights that 3.7% of the world's population suffers from this disorder; However, through studies it is possible to notice a rate of more than 3.7%. In addition, research has shown that in addition to anxiety, medical students have sleep deprivation that can negatively impact students' quality of life. In summary, it is important to understand and classify pathological anxiety in medical students, in order to avoid the development of this disorder in this population that suffers from the disorder and faces factors external to its formation, in order to obtain an improvement in the quality of life of these individuals.