摘要：Objective To compare the prevalence of anxiety symptoms in medicine students and students attending other health related courses. Materials and methods We conducted an observational study, using a questionnaire of voluntary self full-filling, that included a section for sociodemographic characteristics, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scales, and a section about studentś support means. Results We verified that 82,2% of medical students and 91,4% of the other health related courses’ students, according to the GAD-7 scale and the HADS, respectively, had anxiety. In those with anxiety criteria 14,9% in HADS and 9,7% in GAD7 were on any professional help. In Medicine students a proportion of 12,6% and in other health students 11,5% were on anti-anxiety pharmacological therapy. An importante positive and significative correlation was found bettween GAD-7 and HADS-A (ρ=0.738, p< .001) Discusion Medical students seem to have less anxiety and depression symptoms than other health related courses. Conclusion Anxiety seems to be less prevalente among Medicine students.
