The impact of medical education on psychological health of students: A cohort study

Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri; Rahim, Asma; Baba, Abdul Aziz; Ismail, Rohani; Pa, Mohamad Najib Mat; Esa, Ab Rahman

doi:10.1080/13548506.2012.740162

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“…It is less than 3% in any population suffers from psychiatric diseases. Similar figure also observed with medical students before taking admission in medical school [14][15][16][17].…”

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“…It is less than 3% in any population suffers from psychiatric diseases. Similar figure also observed with medical students before taking admission in medical school [14][15][16][17].Medical students are exposed to regular pressure with overwork of academic burden and examination that brings various changes in their daily routine such as lack of sleep, irregular diet, smoking and substance abuse in order to cope with stress [18,19]. Coping is a way that a person reacts or responds towards stressors.…”

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Prevalence of Stress among Junior Medical Students, Taif University

Atalla¹,

Ya²

2017

J Community Med Health Educ

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Background: Medical students are exposed to diverse varieties of stress. It is reported during undergraduate medical education stress is related to academic, financial and social. Sometime stress arises from compulsion to succeed and also in difficulties of integrating education system. Methodology:The study was conducted from junior medical students, Taif University, KSA during the academic year 2016-2017; Self-administered questionnaire was utilized to know the prevalence, causes, and levels of stress among students.Results: 82% of study group had moderate stress, 12.67% had severe stress and 5.33% had mild stress. Conclusion:The prevalence of stress among junior medical students in Taif University, KSA was high especially in the past 30 days. Type of residence, average family monthly income, between history of sleep disorder, travel duration in minutes and BMI were the dominators for stress in general. Keywords: Stress; Medical students; Taif university Introduction BackgroundStress is a state of an individual that result from the interaction of the individual with the environment which is perceived as threatening or threat to the well-being. It is an external constraint which directly upsets the individual both mentally and physically. Individual in a stressful situation is influenced by his or her mental ability to carry out on-going tasks [1,2].Linn and Zeppa [3] have suggested that some stress in medical school training is needed for learning. Stress that facilitates learning is called 'favorable stress' and stress that suppresses learning is called 'unfavorable stress' . Depending upon their cultural backgrounds, personal traits, experience and coping skills, medical students may perceive the same stressors differently.An optimal level of stress, referred to earlier as 'favorable stress' , can enhance learning [4] However, excessive stress can lead to physical and mental health problems [5]. It can reduce students' self-esteem [4,6] and may affect academic achievement and personal or professional development. Medical students are exposed to diverse varieties of stress. It is reported during undergraduate medical education stress is related to academic, financial and social. Sometime stress arises from compulsion to succeed and also in difficulties of integrating education system [7,8].Researcher identified stress of medical students are mainly due to curricular overload but not due to personal difficulties [9]. It is because of demanding, intense environment of medical education has created excessive pressure on medical students [10]. There are number of reports indicated that medical school's environment is not congenial and friendly to enhance psychological and physical health of students [11][12][13]. It is less than 3% in any population suffers from psychiatric diseases. Similar figure also observed with medical students before taking admission in medical school [14][15][16][17].Medical students are exposed to regular pressure with overwork of academic burden and examination that brings vario...

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“…It is less than 3% in any population suffers from psychiatric diseases. Similar figure also observed with medical students before taking admission in medical school [14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Introduction Backgroundsupporting

confidence: 70%

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Prevalence of Stress among Junior Medical Students, Taif University

Atalla¹,

Ya²

2017

J Community Med Health Educ

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“…The differences of mean scores of depression before and during medical training were significant (p < 0.001). The prevalence and level of depression during medical training were significantly higher than before the beginning of medical training [12].…”

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Poor Sleep, Anxiety And Depression Among The Maritime And Health Sciences Higher School Students

2016

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Aim of the study was to evaluate the associations among poor sleep, anxiety and depression in relation to age and year of studying among the students. Methods. The study sample consisted of 400 Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences students (96.8% female) and 393 The Lithuanian Maritime Academy students (78.9% male), from 18 to 46 years of age. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used for subjective sleep quality evaluation. Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale was used to identify depression and anxiety. PSQI score ≤ 5 was evaluated as good sleep quality; > 5 – poor sleep. HAD score from 0 to 7 was evaluated as no depression or anxiety, score >7 indicated depression and/or anxiety. Additional questions about respondents’ age, gender, study programme and year of the studying were used. The Chi-square test or Fisher exact tests were used to estimate association between categorical variables. Student’s t test was used to compare means and z criteria was used to test the difference in two population proportions. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the factors influencing poor sleep. Results. Health sciences students, as compared to maritime students, had higher prevalence of poor sleep (69.8% vs 45.0%) and anxiety (55.5% vs 41.7%). Depression score was higher among the students with poor sleep, as compared to good sleep, respectively 4.38 vs 3.20 (20 yrs), 5.16 vs 3.29 (21 yrs), 5.38 vs 3.22 (≥ 22 yrs). Anxiety score was higher among the students with poor sleep, as compared to good sleep, respectively 7.89 vs 6.11 (18-19 yrs), 8.73 vs 6.12 (20 yrs), 10.40 vs 6.51 (21 yrs), 10.58 vs 6.40 (≥ 22 yrs). The risk of poor sleep was significantly decreased by the studying marine sciences (OR=0.365) and increased by anxiety (OR=1.172), p<0.001. Conclusions. Poor sleep and anxiety were more prevalent among the students of Health Sciences, as compared to students of Lithuanian Maritime Academy. Anxiety and depression mean scores were significantly higher among the students who had poor sleep, as compared to the ones who had good sleep in all age groups, during the first, second and third year of studies. Risk of poor sleep was increased by anxiety, however maritime studies had positive effect on sleep quality.

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“…The prevalence of anxiety during medical training increased from 41.1% to 56.7%. The prevalence of depression during medical training increased from 12% to 30% (Yusoff et al, 2013). The prevalence of insomnia among the nursing students in Italy was 26.7% (Angelone et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%