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1 Author s response to reviews Title: Depression in Medical Students: insights from a longitudinal study Authors: Vanessa Silva (avcrsilva@gmail.com) Patricio Costa (pcosta@ecsaude.uminho.pt) Inês Pereira (inesinsua@yahoo.com) Ricardo Faria (rico.f.85@gmail.com) Ana Salgueira (anasalgueira@ecsaude.uminho.pt) Manuel João Costa (mmcosta@ecsaude.uminho.pt) Nuno Sousa (njcsousa@ecsaude.uminho.pt) João José Cerqueira (jcerqueira@ecsaude.uminho.pt) Pedro Morgado (pedromorgado@ecsaude.uminho.pt) Version: 1 Date: 06 Apr 2017 Author s response to reviews: Dear Dr. Rashmi Kusurkar, We thank all reviewers for their useful comments on our paper. In the last weeks we address all issues and made the necessary changes to answer to their questions and concerns on the paper. Our answers to the specific points raised by the reviwers are indicated using track changes to facilitate the reviewing process. Thanks in advance, Vanessa et al.

2 Editor Comments: I have received the reports of four reviewers for your manuscript. Based on these reports I have come to the decision of "Major Revisions Required". Please revise the manuscript and address each reviewer's comments point by point in your response letter. Please pay special attention the comments of Reviewer 3 about whether the students have depression or not as depicted in Table 1. Also create labels for each cluster as suggested by Reviewer 4. I have not included the report of Reviewer 2 in this mail as there were no suggestions for improvement except on the language errors in the paper. Before you submit the revised version, please ensure that the manuscript has been thoroughly edited by a professional English language editor. I look forward to receiving your revised manuscript. Reviewer reports: Ricardo Coentre, M.D. (Reviewer 1): This is an interesting manuscript which is not new, however it is relatively unsual in Portugal with only few studies published in this field of knowledge. The manuscript is generally well written and the longitudinal design is very elegant. Some minor changes should be done: Abstract - Methods: Authors should include more data: number of students included; response rate; and years of medical school evaluated. Also, the country (Portugal) where it was performed should be specified (for example: "Students of one medical school in Portugal were assessed " We add more information about data as suggested. - Results: when authors say "For depression, the prevalence ranged from 21.5% to 12.7%", it should be specified what are the years of medical school for each prevalence found.

3 We specified what are the years of medical school for each prevalence found, as suggested. For depression, the prevalence ranged from 21.5% to 12.7% (academic years 2009/2010 and 2012/2013). Background - This part of the manuscript should be revised when reviewing published data. A possible sequence of the published data could be: published data on prevalence of depression in medical students, comparison with prevalence of depression in general population, evolution of prevalence of depression during years of medical school, factors associated and aims of current study. We revised the background, as suggested. - Authors should mention recent published previous studies in this field with Portuguese medical students included. We revised the background, as suggested. We included recent published previous studies in this field with Portuguese medical students. - Page 5: Besides aims or questions of current study, authors should also include hypotheses for the aims. By revising the background we have given some insights on hypotheses for the aims. Methods - When authors mentioned the academic years included, 2009/2010 is many times referred to as "2009/1010". Please read all the manuscript and correct this error which exists few times. We corrected the error ("2009/1010") throughout the manuscript. Participants - Please make clear if foreign students that were studying in medical school of University of Minho were included or not.

4 We included foreign students in this study. All, including foreign, students in the 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 cohorts of medical students at Minho Medical School were invited to participate. Outcomes - Page 6, paragraph 3: When mention the instruments (scales/inventories) used, namely BDI, STAI and MBI-SS) please describe briefly the instruments (e.g.: number of items/questions, possible scores etc.). We describe briefly the instrument, as suggested. - Page 7, paragraph 1: Authors mention that MBI-SS is translated to portuguese. Is this validated to Portuguese population? If not, authors should clearly refer this as a limitation of the instrument in Strengths and limitations section. We clarified this point in the methods. MBI-SS is translated to Portuguese and validated to Portuguese population by Maroco, João Tecedeiro, Miguel Moreira Vaz em Inventário de burnout de Maslach para estudantes portugueses Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 10 (2), Analysis - Authors should not mention question 1 or question 2 in the manuscript and referred the aim (e.g.: prevalence of depression, prevalence of depression over time etc.). Please do this along all the manuscript (including subtitles). We accept the suggestion and not mention questions the manuscript, opting to use the aims of the study. - Page 7, paragraph 3: Authors should remove the sentence "Being depressed was defined in this study as a score of 13 or greater in BDI" in Overall approach section in Analysis, it is mentioned in Outcomes section in Methods. We remove the sentence as suggested.

5 Results - Page 8, paragraph 4, Prevalence of depression: Please specify year of medical school where referred prevalences of depression were found. Do the same with prevalence of suicidal thoughts. We accept the suggestion. Table 1 was added to the manuscript as same as the follow sentence: The prevalence of suicidal thoughts ranged between from 6.2 % and to 2.6% (2009/2010 and 2012/2013 academic year, respectively). Discussion - As in Background section, in Discussion section authors should compare the results found in current research with portuguese general population data, and other previous published studies in medical students in Portugal (please see references in Background point b). We revised the discussion as suggested. - Page 16, paragraph 1: "Other interventions, including cognitive behavioural training, psychotherapy, counselling, adaptative and communication skills training, social support can be offered as part of the curriculum". Authors should give references that proved the efficacy of all mentioned interventions. We revised the discussion and give references that prove the efficacy of all mentioned interventions. Strengths and limitations - Page 16, paragraph 2: Authors should correct the following sentence "The major strengths of this study are its longitudinal design" for "The major strength of this study is its longitudinal design". We accept the suggestion and correct the sentence.

6 - Page 17, paragraph 1: Please clarify the following sentence/idea: "Objective individual factors, such as genetic or biological (for example: salivary cortisol levels and physical examination parameters) can also be a useful tool." We revised Strengths and limitations and clarify the questioned idea. Figures/Tables - Table 1 and figure 2 are quite redundant and so authors should remove Figure 2. We agree that Table 1 and figure 2 are quite redundant. We chose to keep a figure 2 and remove a table 1. Santushi Amarasuriya (Reviewer 3): MEED-D Depression in Medical Students: insights from a longitudinal study This is a useful study attempting to examine the persistence of depression among medical students and the factors associated with those who show persisting depression, given the limited studies in this area. However, I have concerns about some of the analyses carried out as these do not seem to align with the research questions presented. Please find below suggestions for revising the analyses. - Although research Question 2 relates to whether the prevalence of depression increases or decreases during the course, the analysis seems to be examining the change of depression scores over time. This does not provide an understanding about whether depression persists among those who are found to be depressed. There is mention of persistence of depression for 11.8% in the abstract. However, I could not locate the description of these results in the manuscript. We accepted the suggestion and revised the manuscript. Persistence of depression in this study was 19.7% (Persistent depression cluster) and not 11.8%. Was performed a correction to the abstract and clarified the results.

7 - Was an examination of students becoming depressed later on during the course also considered? The scope of this study was to identify factors of vulnerability and resilience to depression among medical students. The groups were obtained using k-means which identified 3 patterns: students that have sustained low scores on BDI; students that decreased depressive scores during the course; and students that have consistently high levels of depression. The selected method does not identify a group of students that increased depression levels over the time. Perhaps it reflects that there are a few students in that situation. - As per Table 1, it seems that the depression scores do not indicate the presence of depression in any of the classes across the different years of study. Hence, a discussion of "high" and "low" values of depression among these groups does not seem meaningful. e.g., figure 2- With regard to the prevalence of depression, although there is an increase in the depression score perse in the 4th year, such increased scores still seem to be within the severity category of minimal depression. Table 1/ figure 2 presents the mean values of all students enrolled in each year by class. This data includes, in each class, students with high and low scores. When we split the data by clusters, we obtained a group with very low scores (C1) and 2 groups with high scores (C2 and C3). To clarify this point, we added a table (table 1) in which we provide information about the percentage of students that scored above the cut-off in each year. The follow sentence also help to clarify this point: There was a statistically significant downward trend in the average scores of the depression inventory in the first three years of the study (2009/2010: M=8.57, SD=7.13; 2010/2011: M=7.13, SD=6.47; 2011/2012: M= 6.08, SD=6.35) - This is seen also in the case of figure 1 where depression is not indicated at any of the time points of assessment. To clarify this point we added a sentence and table 1, in which we provide information about the depression prevalence in each year of study. - Instead, it would have been more useful to examine these changes among those whose scores were above the cut-off for depression on the BDI. We found this comment very interesting and we thank the reviewer for her/his input. As we stated before, we focused our analysis on the BDI-scores. Interestingly, the groups we obtained

8 with the selected approach are quite different: C1 has very low scores on BDI, which means that all students have scores below cut-off; C2 and C3 mainly included students that scored above the cut-off depressed. - It would have been better to discuss those in cluster 1 as those not showing depression throughout their undergraduate career. We accepted the suggestion and discuss those not showing depression throughout their undergraduate career (cluster 1). We explore their intrinsic protective factors for depression. In fact, literature shows that students who were pressured to choose the medical profession are more prone to depression and medical students who sustained high levels of life satisfaction perceived medical school as interfering less with their social and personal life, and were less likely to use emotion-focused coping, such as wishful thinking, than their peers. - It is misleading to present clusters 2 and 3 in the analysis as those showing high BDI scores at the start. The highest score indicated for these clusters, as seen in Figure 3, would be relevant to the severity category of mild depression. - We agree and review the results in light of the suggestion. As we stated before, C1 has low scores on BDI, which means that all students have scores below cut-off; C2 and C3 mainly included students that scored above the cut-off for depression, in the first evaluation. In figure 3, cluster 1 (not depressed cluster) presents sustained low mean BDI scores over the years of study. Cluster 2 (persistent depression cluster) presents a sustained mean of BDI scoresrepresenting moderate depression that persists over time. On the other hand, cluster 3 (recovery depression cluster) begin with mean of BDI scores representing moderate depression at the start of their undergraduate career and this mean BDI scores decrease during the program, up to values corresponding to absence of depression. - It seems that Cluster 2 pertains to those with minimal/ mild levels of depression that persist throughout and that Cluster 3 pertains to those who begin with mild levels of depression at the start of their undergraduate career and those whose depression decreases during the programme. Indeed, Cluster 2 (persistent depression cluster) presents a sustained mean of BDI values representing moderate depression that persists over time. On the other hand, cluster 3 (recovery depression cluster) begin with mild mean BDI scores (minimal/ mild levels of depression) at the start of their undergraduate career and this mean BDI scores decrease during the program up to values corresponding to absence of depression.

9 - The discussion of results would need to be revised in light of such issues. - We accepted the suggestion and revised the results and discussion in light of such suggestions. Minor revisions - Please provide details regarding the study procedure including administration of the measure. Were there other variables which could have affected the study, such as stressful study periods and exams? We revised the Procedures and add a sentence to provide details regarding the study procedure. Printed copies of the questionnaires and a confidentiality disclaimer were administered by Printed copies of the questionnaires and a confidentiality disclaimer were administered by the senior year student at the end of regular classes during the month of to October for all students, since from the 2009/ to 2012/2013 academic year in a selected time without stressful study periods or examinations. - Clarify the range provided for prevalence of depression- 21.5%-12.7%. Which groups are these different rates relevant to? We add a table (table 1) to clarify this issue. Please check the text thoroughly for typographical and grammatical errors. (line numbering below is as per the pdf provided to reviewers) - Page 4, line 9- determinant? Correct word choice? We rephrase the sentence. Please consider rephrasing the following: - Page 4; lines 4-7, 7-18, 34-41, 50-59

10 We rephrase the sentence as suggested. - Page 5- research questions 4 and 5 We rephrase the research questions 4 and 5. - Page , 43 We rephrase the sentence as suggested. - Page 6- line ? We rephrase the sentence as suggested. - There are several sentence fragments. Please check the text thoroughly. We review all manuscript and correct typographical and grammatical as suggested. Anouk Wouters (Reviewer 4): This article reports on an important issue in medical eduction, i.e. depression. This thoroughly conducted study aimed to establish (change in) the prevalence of depression and to investigate the underlying factors by identifying clusters based on the course of depression scores throughout the medical programme and relating those to factors that are associated with depression. The longitudinal design is a key strength of this paper. The title is a good reflection of the study. - A general comment that I have pertains to the readability of the paper. The quality of the English needs much improvement and I therefore suggest that the authors have the manuscript proofread by a professional editor. Also, there seem to be some inconsistencies in wording throughout the paper, such as cynicism - disbelief. We agree this the suggestion and have the manuscript proofread by a professional editor. In my opinion, some aspects need to be explained better in the paper:

11 Abstract: - In the background, it is unclear what is meant with 'characteristics'. This needs to be specified. Reading it for the first time, I had characteristics such as age and gender in mind, but then 'how they change over time' does not apply. - We accept the suggestion and revised the abstract. This study aims to determine the prevalence of depression in medical students, its change during the course, whether depression persists for affected students, what are the factors associated with depression of medical students and how these factors change over time. - In the methods, add which cohorts were included. We accept the suggestion and revised the abstract. A prospective, longitudinal observational study was conducted at the Medical School of the University of Minho, Portugal, between academic years 2009/2010 to 2012/ Explicitly mention the longitudinal study design, as well as the analyses used. We accept the suggestion and revised the abstract, please see above. Additionally we mention the analyses used. ANOVA with multiple comparisons were used to compare means of BDI score. K-means cluster analyses were applied to identify subgroups among the medical students. ANOVA mixed-design repeated measurement was performed to assess a possible interaction between variables associated with depression. - Start the results with the response rate. We accept the suggestion and start the results with the response rate. - For some factors, such as burnout, an implied causality worries me. We agree and had some insights about this issue in the discussion and in strengths and limitations. Like in most studies, it was not taken into consideration the strong comorbidity of depression, anxiety, and burnout. This study did not explore how the presence of one dimension of distress determines the presence or absence of another.

12 Introduction: - In the introduction: explain why there are different findings with regard to the course of depression during the medical study. - We accept the suggestion and had some insights about why there are different findings with regard to the course of depression during the medical study. Dyrbye et al [9] suggest that this prevalence varies depending on age, stage of training, methods of measurement and location. This is explained by the use of different study instruments that limit the extent to which medical students can be compared directly to similarly aged populations. - Page 4, line 5-7: "Associations...ongoing experience." What is meant with this sentence? We clarified the sentence as suggested. - The authors use the term 'resistence of depression' several times; does this refer to depression which is resistent to treatment? Or recovery from depression? (probably correction of the English will solve this unclearity) Suggestion accepted. Resistance of depression means resilience to depression Cluster C1. The coping reservoir of students seems to be important, as well as anxiety. These aspects need to be explained more. We revised the background and give some insights about the coping reservoir as well as anxiety as suggested. - I believe that the relation between depression and the other variables should be explained more extensively. We revised the background and give some insights about the relation between depression and the other variables, like burnout, stress, anxiety and coping reservoir. - Page 4, line 27-34: "Personality traits...in previous studies." Explain the mechanism and specify which mental health outcomes are affected. This will help in putting forward the relevance of the current study.

13 We agree with the suggestion. The background was rewritten and some insights on personality trait namely anxiety were added. Indeed, Bunevicius et al suggest that anxiety in medical students is negatively related to emotional stability and positively related to stress vulnerability. - Considering the statement on page 4, line 34-41, the authors might want to explain more about the prevalence of burnout in medical education. We revised the background and give some insights about the prevalence of burnout in medical education. An examination of burnout literature reveals that it is prevalent in medical students (28% 45%), and depression and burnout seem to be closely linked. - Page 4, line 43: please specify the consequences of depression. The consequences of depression have already been addressed (page 3, line and page 4, line 1-2). Methods: - Has ethical approval been obtained? Yes, ethical approval has been obtained. We add this information at the end of the article and in the Methods. - Analysis should not be a separate heading, but a subheading in Methods. The accept the suggestion and convert Analysis as a subheading in Methods. - How did the authors handle age, gender and cohort in their analyses? Did they (need to) control for these variables? We don t control age and gender in this study. Indeed, we agree that it could be very interesting and will be subject of analysis in future a study.

14 - A better explanation of the potential predictors, why these are included and how these are measured is needed: some are only shortly summed up in lines on page 7, while some only appear in table 2. We accept the suggestion and all potential predictors were summarized in the subtitle "Potential predictors" - first paragraph. The reason to include the potential predictors was explaining in the same subtitle. - Which measurement is used for establishing the characteristics used to desribe the differences between the clusters (such as trait anxiety)? Are these measured during the first assessment only? As explain in the subtitle potential predictors we use we used the percentile 75 as the cutoff point, to identify individuals with trait-anxiety high. We assessed anxiety during the first assessment only. Results: - Participants: give the N corresponding to the 86% response rate and the percentage of the total sample corresponding to the 238 in the subsample in used in this study. "The average response rate was 86% (n=2234). In the longitudinal analysis, we included students who participated each year and provided depression data (238 medical students 74%). - Also, provide more information on the characteristics of the samples: age, gender. We added more information on the characteristics of the samples in table 2. - Is information about the non-responders with respect to for example age and gender available? No. There is no information about non-responders. - Do not cite other research in the results section (see page 8, line 56). We accept the suggestion.

15 - Prevalence: change the order of the ranges of the percentages: low to high. Also, provide the corresponding years. We change the order of the ranges of percentages (low to high) and also provide the corresponding years. Table 1 demonstrates that the prevalence of depression ranged from 12.7% to 21.5%. The prevalence of suicidal thoughts ranged between from 2.6% to 6.2 % (2009/2010 and 2012/2013 academic year, respectively). Fatigue and sleep problems were the most reported symptoms (55.9% - 74% and 49.4% %, respectively) in the same academic years. - The authors could try to integrate table 1 and figure 2 as there seems to be overlap if I understand correctly. We agree that Table 1 and figure 2 are quite redundant. We chose to keep a figure 2 and remove a table 1. - Instead of using C1, C2 and C3, the authors could use names based on the distinctive features of the clusters. We accept the suggestion. We rename the clusters: C1 - Not depressed cluster, C2 - Persistent depression cluster and C3 - Recovery depression cluster. - The paragraph about 'personal and academic factors associated with persistent depression' is confusing as the authors talk about low levels while reporting the percentage corresponding to high levels of the opposite. We accept the suggestion and the paragraph has been clarified. - I don't think one can speak of 'low perceived learning problems' as this seems to have been a yes/no question, so one can only mention whether many/few students report such problems (see also my comment about the potential predictors). The results were rewritten and this issue was clarified. - Table 2: it is unclear which clusters differ significantly from each other (in other words: what is the outcome of the post-hoc tests?).

16 - Also, due to the layout, it is not immediately clear which category (column 1) the subcategories (column 2) belong to. The layout of table 2 was changed. The post-hoc test provides specific information on which clusters are significantly different from each other in respect to predictors. Discussion: - An important issue that is lacking in the discussion is a hypothesis about the link between depression and the medical study. The authors emphasize the importance of coping with depression, but what is it that makes the prevalence of depression among medical students high compared to the general population in the first place? What role can medical educators and policy makers play in preventing depression among medical students? We added some insights about the link between depression, the medical study and coping. Indeed, medical students must learn an enormous amount of material at a small space of time, leading to a high level of stress. Medical students copping reserve is continuously at risk of becoming markedly diminished because substantially less time and energy is available for selfcare and interpersonal relationships [26]. This can partially explained medical students vulnerability to depression. - I believe some conclusions that are drawn need to be toned down, as they are not all supported by the data, such as the statement on page 15, lines 1-5: 'developing more effective coping strategies'; coping strategies have not been measured. The paragraph has been clarified as suggested. - With regards to the strength and limitations, what I miss is an explanation of why something was a strength/limitation and what the consequences/implications, i.e. how did it effect the findings? We agree with the suggestion and added some explanation in this subtitle. - Page 13, line 58: what is meant with 'adaptive response' in this context?

17 The paragraph has been clarified. Adaptive response means - adaptation to the demands of the course - Page 14, lines 5-7: what is meant with 'the requirement of a certain academic year'? The paragraph has been clarified as suggested. 'The requirement of a certain academic year means The academic requirement of different curricular years - Can the authors explain the hypothesized 'class effect' (page 14, lines 14-16)? The hypothesized 'class effect' has been clarified. Interactions obtained between class and BDI scores suggest that differences in class environment (cooperative learning and peer support) have more impact on BDI scores than curriculum. - I would like to read about the authors' hypotheses regarding the moment in the curriculum where there seems to be a change in depression and whether there are educational aspects which could play a role in this (and therefore also provide clues about how an environment can be created which is more protective against the development of depression). Although the prevailing literature suggests that depression worsens with academic training, this pattern is not universally reported: studies among some medical student populations show levels of depression fall between years 1 and 2 and between preclinical and clinical stages of training, like was explained in the introduction ad reinforced by the results. Indeed, the class effect seems to have an important role in depression in medical students. This effect may be stronger than the curriculum. Some insights on the role of the medical school in depression prevention were added. In fact, studies show the positive effects of exercise on well-being and mental health, so a promising starting point for mental health promotion in medical school may thus be to leave space in the curriculum for regular physical activity. Mentorship is another key ingredient for students personal and professional development, so a mentorship system with students and faculty, and students and their more senior peers can be promoted by medical schools. Other interventions, including Coping strategies training, life skills training and mindfulness therapy, counseling, adaptive and communication skills training, social support can be offered as part of the curriculum.

18 - Page 17, lines 11-21: This seems to be a rather loose paragraph. This should be either explained more or left out. The paragraph has been clarified.

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