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Introduction: Depression is a common mental health conditions in the world. Compare to general population, the prevalence of depression in medical students are higher. There are several risk factors that might contribute to the higher rate of depression in medical students, including being a gifted student. However, no study has been published regarding the depression of the gifted medical students until now. Aim: To find out the difference in the level of depression between gifted and non-gifted medical students. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted from October to December 2016. Subjects were third year medical students from Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga. There were 2 groups in this study. Samples from gifted students group was obtained using total sampling method, while number of samples from non-gifted students group was equated with gifted students group. Depression was measured using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Mann-Whitney U test was used for statistical analysis. Results: 34 students, 17 students in the gifted students group and 17 students in the non-gifted students group, were included in this study. Based on the BDI score results category, 2 students from the gifted students group and 1 student from non-gifted students group were in the mild category, and 1 student from the gifted students group was in the borderline category. The highest BDI score in gifted students group were 14, while in non- gifted students group were 17. There was no significant difference of the BDI score and BDI category between groups (p = 0.154; 0.951, respectively). Conclusion: There was no significant difference of depression level between gifted and non-gifted medical students.

Latar Belakang: Luka bakarmerupakan respon lokal suatu jaringan dengan atau tanpa respon sistemik terhadap suatu perpindahan energi dari sumber fisik atau kimia. Perawatan luka bakar memerlukan waktu yang lama. Dampak pada individu karena luka bakar dirasakan sejak awal cedera dan meluas di seluruh kehidupan seseorang. Pada luka bakar tejadi pelepasan mediator inflamasi khususnya interleukin-6 dan terganggunya berbagai faal tubuh, salah satunya homeostasis mikrobiota usus. Komorbiditas psikiatrik yang terjadi berkisar 45,5 %, dimana depresi yang hadir akan memperberat kondisi pasien. Probiotik dapat menurunkan kadar interleukin-6 dan mencegah gejala depresi secara langsung maupun tidak langsung. Studi ini untuk menilai efek suplementasi probiotik pada gejala depresi, parameter menggunakan biomarker IL-6 serum. Tujuan: Membuktikan efek probiotik terhadap interleukin-6 serum dan skor depresi pada pasien luka bakar. Metode: Desain penelitian adalah non randomized control trial . Sampel diambil dengan consequtive sampling. Pemberian probiotik pada hari ke 4 sampai hari ke 19 perawatan, kadar interleukin-6 serum diukur pada hari ke-4 (sebelum pemberian probiotik) dan hari ke 19 (setelah pemberian probiotik) dengan ELISA. Kelompok kontrol tidak menerima probiotik. Kriteria depresi diukur dengan Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Kedua alat ukur tersebut telah melalui uji validitas dan reliabilitasnya dari penelitian sebelumnya dan HDRS telah diadaptasi ke dalam bahasa Indonesia. Analisis data menggunakan uji komparatif. Hasil : Hasil uji statistik menunjukkan tidak ada perbedaan yang bermakna antara kelompok perlakuan dan kontrol. Ke simpulan: Pemberian probiotik tidak berpengaruh terhadap kadar interleukin-6 serum dan derajat depresi dibandingkan kontrol.

Collaboration within the recently established Network for Research on Spirituality and Health (NERSH) has made it possible to pool data from 14 different surveys from six continents. All surveys are largely based on the questionnaire by Curlin “Religion and Spirituality in Medicine, Perspectives of Physicians” (RSMPP). This article is a methodological description of the process of building the International NERSH Data Pool. The larger contours of the data are described using frequency statistics. Five subscales in the data pool (including the already established DUREL scale) were tested using Cronbach’s alpha and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). 5724 individuals were included, of which 57% were female and the mean age was 41.5 years with a 95% confidence interval (CI) ranging from 41.2 to 41.8. Most respondents were physicians (n = 3883), nurses (n = 1189), and midwives (n = 286); but also psychologists (n = 50), therapists (n = 44), chaplains (n = 5), and students (n = 10) were included. The DUREL scale was assessed with Cronbach’s alpha (α = 0.92) and PCA confirmed its reliability and unidimensionality. The new scales covering the dimensions of “Religiosity of Health Professionals (HPs)” (α = 0.89), “Willingness of Physicians to Interact with Patients Regarding R/S Issues” (α = 0.79), “Religious Objections to Controversial Issues in Medicine” (α = 0.78), and “R/S as a Calling” (α = 0.82), also proved unidimensional in the PCAs. We argue that the proposed scales are relevant and reliable measures of religious dimensions within the data pool. Finally, we outline future studies already planned based on the data pool, and invite interested researchers to join the NERSH collaboration.