Assessment of Level and Sources of Stress Among Allied Health Sciences Students of
            Bayero University Kano: A Comparison Between Clinical and Pre-Clinical Students

Muhammad, Daha Garba; Ahmad, Aisha A.; Usman, Jibrin Sammani

doi:10.21315/eimj2019.11.1.2

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“…Mehta et al 26 also reported that the major stressors faced by medical students were academic and group activity related. Additionally, the findings of Habeeb, 17 Othman et al, 27 Shelke et al, 28 Othman et al, 29 and Muhammad et al 30 indicated that ARS was the greatest stressor among the students. One plausible explanation for our results might be the fact that the medical and allied health science disciplines in the study setting are competitive learning environments, which only accept students with the highest grades.…”

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<p>Investigating Stress and Sources of Stress Among Female Health Profession Students in a Saudi University</p>

Al-Qahtani¹,

Alsubaie²

2020

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Background: Health profession students experience tremendous levels of stress throughout their education. A high level of stress may have a negative effect on the cognitive functioning and learning of students. Objective: The study sought to determine the levels and main sources of stress and its possible correlation with academic performance in the preclinical female health profession. Methods: The cross-sectional design involved the use of self-administered questionnaires. Data were collected from 260 students in health profession programmes in Saudi Arabia. The Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) was used to collect the data from all second-, third-, and fourth-year undergraduate students. Results: A high level of stress was observed in 42.7% of the students, and a moderate stress level was observed in 41.5% of the students. The major source of stress experienced by students was related to the academic domain (mean= 2.7±0.73), followed by the group activity domain (mean= 2.1±0.91; p< 0.05). Second-year and third-year students were significantly less likely to show high stress levels compared with fourth-year students (AOR= 0.3; 95% CI: 0.1-0.8; p≤ 0.030 and AOR= 0.4; 95% CI: 0.1-0.5; p≤ 0.001, respectively). High stress levels were not found to be associated with students' age and academic performance. Conclusion: Half of the students experienced high and severe levels of stress. Academic and group activity domains were perceived as the major stressors. The year of study was the only significant factor associated with stress levels. Stress among female health profession students should be acknowledged, and efforts should be made to alleviate it. Students should be guided to reduce their stress levels, as this can enhance their quality of life and study experience.

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<p>Investigating Stress and Sources of Stress Among Female Health Profession Students in a Saudi University</p>

Al-Qahtani¹,

Alsubaie²

2020

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“…Participants of this study reported strained relationships with the perpetrators, reduced self-confidence, decreased clinical output, depression and regretted career choice, while only a few resort to smoking and alcohol. These factors have been shown to contribute to the psychological stress experienced by these individuals, who are already strained mentally and physically by the taxing nature of the one mandatory clinical internship [14,21,22]. Suicidal ideation is having the thought of intentionally causing one's own death [23,24].…”

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Prevalence of mistreatment among physiotherapy interns in Nigeria: a preliminary study

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Background Healthcare professionals with the least experience, such as students and interns, are likely to face some form of mistreatments in the world of health professionals. Mistreatment has a negative impact on the victim’s well-being as it results in psychological distress such as burn out, lack of motivation and reduced performance. This study aims to explore mistreatment among physiotherapy interns in Nigeria with a view to protecting the future of the profession. Result Most of the participant were male (57.5%) and doing their internship in the northwestern part of the country (42.5%). Forty interns participated in the study, and 2/3 of them had experience of mistreatment. The most common type of mistreatment was yelling or shouting (60%), followed by someone taking credit for what an intern did (55%), humiliation or belittlement (50%), and threat of an extension beyond the 12 months (27.5%). Eighty-seven percent reported that the mistreatment changes their relationship with the perpetrator. Mistreatment led to stress in 70% of the respondent, affected the self-confidence of 62.5%, and led to decreased clinical output in 45% of the participants. Forty percent of the participants acquired depression due to the mistreatment. Conclusion Most physiotherapy interns experience mistreatment during the 1-year mandatory clinical internship. Verbal abuse is the most prevalent form of mistreatment, while the least is physical abuse. This study found that mistreatment has adverse effects on the health and work output of physiotherapy interns.

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“…Students described examinations and a high workload as the major factors contributing to academic stress [10][11][12] . Interpersonal or social stressors with family and peers were cited in 15 studies 7,11,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] . In another study conducted in Saudi Arabia, nursing students identified relationships with hospital staff to be a source of stress 26 .…”

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“…Stress from clinical training was emphasised by 13 out of the 33 studies 7,13,17,18,20,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] . Poorly staffed clinical departments, fast-paced wards and initial clinical placements were all factors contributing towards the stress of students 28 .…”

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“…Poorly staffed clinical departments, fast-paced wards and initial clinical placements were all factors contributing towards the stress of students 28 . High level patient care was also a prevalent stress factor amongst nursing students 13,17,20 . Other stressors that were reported less frequently included personal issues, financial concerns, environmental factors, psychosocial issues, and lack of students' professional skills.…”

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Coping Styles and Sources of Stress of Undergraduate Health Science Students: An Integrative Review

Chetty

Henderson

Mhlophe

et al. 2021

S. Afr. j. occup. ther.

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Background and aim: Tertiary education provides many personal and social benefits. However, students, particularly those from professional and health science disciplines are known to face significantly greater stress throughout their undergraduate degrees. In this integrative review sources of stress for students and the strategies they use to cope with the stress are explored. Method: Various databases were searched using common key phrases such as "stressors among undergraduate health science students" and "coping mechanisms utilised by undergraduate health science students". Thirty-three articles were selected based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The content in the articles were analysed to identify themes. Results: Academic stress was the primary source of stress for health science students. Other sources of stress included interpersonal interactions and clinical training. Students primarily used problem-focused strategies to cope with stress. Other strategies included avoidance and the use of social support networks. Conclusion: Health science students experience stress from academic tasks, interpersonal stress and stresses emanating from clinical training. They utilize problem-focused coping strategies, as well as avoidance and seeking social support when faced with stressful situations. Students would benefit from regular screening for stress-related conditions, and interventions to teach them more adaptive ways to deal with stress.

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Assessment of Level and Sources of Stress Among Allied Health Sciences Students of Bayero University Kano: A Comparison Between Clinical and Pre-Clinical Students

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

<p>Investigating Stress and Sources of Stress Among Female Health Profession Students in a Saudi University</p>

<p>Investigating Stress and Sources of Stress Among Female Health Profession Students in a Saudi University</p>

Prevalence of mistreatment among physiotherapy interns in Nigeria: a preliminary study

Coping Styles and Sources of Stress of Undergraduate Health Science Students: An Integrative Review

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