Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

Evaluation of Factors Leading to Stress in First Year MBBS Students.

Dr. Sarika S. Puri, Dr. Surekha D. Kaundinya

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 Background: Medical school is recognized as a stressful environment. This stress may have unintended negative consequences on student’s physical & mental health. Objective: The study was aimed to find out stress levels among the first year MBBS students and factors impacting it, like examination, age, gender, place of residence, no. of attempts in pre–medical entrance examination and type of diet. Methods: Bio–data of 199 first yr students were collected. Stress was assessed with Zung’s Self Rating Depression Scale at three interventions– immediately after admission; before terminal and preliminary examinations. Data was analysed with the help of Friedman Repeated Measures ANOVA tests. Results: Results showed statistically significant increase in Zung’s score before both the examinations with maximum increase before the terminal examination (p–value – 3.13E–07). Conclusion: We found that examination increases stress and hence special programmes like counseling, support groups, stress coping behavior etc. can be helpful to decrease stress levels

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr. Sarika S. Puri, Dr. Surekha D. Kaundinya Evaluation of Factors Leading to Stress in First Year MBBS Students. International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 8 |August 2016

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