Determinants of depression among undergraduate medical students of a private medical college in Lahore Authors Uzma Zafar Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan. Seema Daud Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan Attiqa Khalid Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.13896 Abstract Objective: To assess the prevalence and determinants of depression in undergraduate medical students within their learning environment. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan, from May to June 2015, and comprised medical students of all the five professional years. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Section one of the questionnaire related to demographic information, section two comprised Patient health questionnaire-9 for screening depression, and section three was the Dundee ready education environment measure inventory to gather students' perceptions of their learning environment. Data was analysed using SPSS 22. Results: Of the 533 students, 206(39%) were males, 327(61%) were females, 213(40%) were of preclinical years and 320(60%) were of clinical academic years. Overall, 399(75%) students were found to be depressed. Of them, 255(64%) were females and 144(36%) were males. Among the students, 96(18%) had negative perception of their learning environment, and out of these, 91(95%) were found to be depressed. There was significant association of depression with female gender (p=0.037) and negative perception of the students of their learning climate (p<0.001). Conclusion: The prevalence of depression was found to be high among the medical students and it was associated with female gender and negative perception of the learning environment. Keywords: Patient health questionnaire-9, Depressive symptoms, Environmental determinants, DREEM inventory Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-02-07 How to Cite Uzma Zafar, Seema Daud, & Attiqa Khalid. (2022). Determinants of depression among undergraduate medical students of a private medical college in Lahore. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 70(3). https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.13896 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 70 No. 3 (2020): MARCH Section Research Article