Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Stress and stressors in professional medical students: A cross–sectional study

Niwrutti Namdeo Jiwane, Namrata Shankarlal Loya

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The medical curriculum course is highly stressful. To master the medical subjects is a huge task which is a time consuming process. In due course there is continuous assessment of the students via frequent examinations. After returning to hostel/home, they hardly get any time to relax. Those students who can’t cope up with this kind of lifestyle may more prone to develop stress. So, this study was undertaken to assess the level of stress and its causative factors in 387 professional medical students. of GMC, Chandrapur. A suitable questionnaire having two parts included a prevalidated questionnaire for assessment of exam stress in MBBS students and Yes or No type of questions about causative factors of stress. Stress level was calculated based on the scale developed by Nist and Diehl. A total of 10 questions was asked with five possible choices ranging from never [1] to always[5]. Based on the answers provided, a score of 10 to 19 was set as no anxiety, 20 to 35 as healthy anxiety and above 35 as unhealthy anxiety. The data was collected from them and data analysis was done by using appropriate statistics. 9% students had unhealthy anxiety, 70% students had healthy anxiety and 21% students had no anxiety. Poor performance at exams, lack of time to revise, large content to be learnt and lack of recognition to the work done were found statistically significant in relation to stress. It is more in girls as compared to boys. Since, the medical students are important pillars of our future medical population, it is essential to monitor their stress levels and sources contributing to their anxiety.

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STRESS AND STRESSORS IN PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STUDENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY, NIWRUTTI NAMDEO JIWANE, NAMRATA SHANKARLAL LOYA INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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