Mental Health Survey of 776 Mexican Medical Students with PHQ-9, GAD-7, and Sleep Scores

776 medical students from a private Mexican university participated in a 2014 survey. The dataset includes scores from the PHQ-9 depression, GAD-7 anxiety, and Epworth Sleepiness scales, along with demographic, academic, and sleep habit variables. It was contributed by Juan C. López Tavera and is available via paperswithcode.

Use Cases

• Predicting depression risk based on PHQ-9 scores and demographic features like school year and GPA.
• Analyzing correlations between anxiety levels (GAD-7 scores) and self-reported study hours or sleep patterns.
• Investigating relationships between daytime sleepiness (Epworth scores) and reported bed times, wake times, and nap habits.
• Modeling factors associated with thoughts of dropping out of school using mental health scores and academic variables.

Strengths

• Includes 776 survey responses from a defined population of medical students.
• Contains validated clinical screening instruments (PHQ-9, GAD-7, Epworth Sleepiness Scale) for key mental health constructs.
• Combines psychological scores with detailed behavioral and academic variables like sleep schedules, study hours, and GPA.

Limitations

• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single institution in 2014, which may limit generalizability to other populations or time periods.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Juan C. López Tavera via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Survey of randomly selected medical students from a private Mexican university.

Time Range

2014

Geography

Mexico (private university)