Positive mental attitude and depressive symptoms among medical students and residents: a cross-sectional study

Xavier Sánchez; Pablo Carrera; María Daniela Cortez; Andrés Cruz; Isaac Merchán

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0354032

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Positive mental attitude and depressive symptoms among medical students and residents: a cross-sectional study

Xavier Sánchez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xavier Sánchez, Pablo Carrera, María Daniela Cortez, Andrés Cruz, Isaac Merchán

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xgsanchez@puce.edu.ec

Affiliations Community and Primary Care Research Group – Ecuador (CPCRG-E), Quito, Ecuador, Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-8746

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Pablo Carrera ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xavier Sánchez, Pablo Carrera, María Daniela Cortez, Andrés Cruz, Isaac Merchán

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Postgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
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María Daniela Cortez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xavier Sánchez, Pablo Carrera, María Daniela Cortez, Andrés Cruz, Isaac Merchán

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Postgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
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Andrés Cruz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xavier Sánchez, Pablo Carrera, María Daniela Cortez, Andrés Cruz, Isaac Merchán

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Postgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
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Isaac Merchán

Contributed equally to this work with: Xavier Sánchez, Pablo Carrera, María Daniela Cortez, Andrés Cruz, Isaac Merchán

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Postgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
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Positive mental attitude and depressive symptoms among medical students and residents: a cross-sectional study

Xavier Sánchez,
Pablo Carrera,
María Daniela Cortez,
Andrés Cruz,
Isaac Merchán

Published: July 17, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0354032

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