An analysis of the factors leading to stress in Indian medical students

Panchu, Pallavi; Bahuleyan, Biju; Vijayan, Vineetha

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“…11 The other studies done by Chowdhury et al, Panchu et al, Melaku et al all showed a similar result with academic related stressor being the major contributor of stress. 12,22,23 The vastness of the medical syllabus and lack of proper time management lessons for the students are the main reason for academic causes being the major stressor.…”

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Perceived stress and source of stress among undergraduate medical students of Government Medical College, Mysore

Nivetha

Ahmed

Prashantha

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Stress is defined as a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize. Medical school is recognized as a stressful environment that may have a negative effect on students’ academic performance, physical health, and psychosocial well-being. This stress when it exceeds the limit of tolerability causes various physical and mental health problems. Identifying this root cause will help us to put a barrier to many future mental health problems in a student’s life.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study done in Mysore Medical College among undergraduate students. Perceived stress scale was used to assess the level of stress and Medical student’s Stressor questionnaire was used to assess the source of stress.Results: A total of 303 students were included in the final analysis. Among them 51.5% were male and 48.5% were females. The age group of the students ranged between 18 and 24 with a mean age of 20.48 and standard deviation (SD) of 0.4. The mean and SD of PSS score is 17.7 and 5.5. The prevalence of mild, moderate and severe stress was 20%, 74% and 6% respectively. Majority of the students (40.9%) considered academic related stressors to be the source of high stress.Conclusions: In our study though majority of the students were stressed (80%), only 6% were severely stressed. The coping strategies adopted by the students like resorting to sleep and music/dance appeared to be appropriate methods of handling stress.

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Perceived stress and source of stress among undergraduate medical students of Government Medical College, Mysore

Nivetha

Ahmed

Prashantha

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…16 The other studies done by Chowdhury et al, Panchu et al, Melaku et al all showed a similar result with academic related stressor being the major contributor of stress. 10,17,18 The vastness of the medical syllabus and lack of proper time management lessons for the students are the main reason for academic causes being the major stressor.…”

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Study of perceived stress and stressors among undergraduate medical students

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Shekhawat

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Recently there is growing concern about stress during undergraduate’s medical training. Undue stress may cause adverse health consequences and lowered academic performance. Objective of the study was to know perceived level of stress and its causes among undergraduate medical students.Methods: A cross sectional survey, using self-structured questionnaire, was conducted among 65 third year medical students. Questionnaires were related to socio-demographic profile, perceived stress scale [PSS] and 32 item list of stressors (grouped as health related, academic and psycho-social). Student’s responses were recorded on five point Likert scale.Results: Mean PSS score was 25.53±5.55 and was significantly higher for females. Psycho-social stressors occurred most frequently, followed by the academic causes.Conclusions: Medical undergraduates face high level of stress and the causes may be varied. They need more interaction, counselling and support from faculty to relieve their stress.

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“…contribute to the final selection in medical. This assessment on the basis of a single exam creates a lot of stress amongst the aspirants along with the influence of parents and family (Panchu et al, 2017) for selecting the career.…”

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Mapping Medical Aspirants Stress Levels Based on Student Versus Parent Led Career Choice- Special Reference to Kota

Chundawat

Ranawat

2019

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This study was conducted to find varying stress levels feel by medical aspirants if they choose to prepare under parental pressure vis-à-vis under their own will considering the amount of hard work and perseverance required to put in for medical entrance in India. Suicide cases and various studies on stress levels among aspiring students, coming from different parts of India to Kota, preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations make Kota an appropriate and obvious choice for the study. Responses were tabulated using frequency distribution tables and results were derived applying t-test, factor analysis and ANOVA using SPSS version 19. The study concluded that students chose to prepare for medical entrance out of their own will and male medical aspirants feel more stress as compared to female aspirants. Mapping overall stress with the parental pressure have some discrepancies with the previous studies performed by researchers and research institutes which might have caused due to various limitations, one would be a time of the study. This might further be analysed and verify the results as with the change in the social matrix of the social things tend to vary.

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An analysis of the factors leading to stress in Indian medical students

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Perceived stress and source of stress among undergraduate medical students of Government Medical College, Mysore

Perceived stress and source of stress among undergraduate medical students of Government Medical College, Mysore

Study of perceived stress and stressors among undergraduate medical students

Mapping Medical Aspirants Stress Levels Based on Student Versus Parent Led Career Choice- Special Reference to Kota

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