Addressing Stress Among Medical Students: Strategies for Optimizing Student Health and Success

Measuring reliability and validity of “Stressometer®”: A computer-based mass screening and assessment tool for evaluation of stress level and sources of stressors

“…Previous versions (SOM version 1) have been used to measure stress among nurses,[18] paramilitary forces,[19] and medical students and professionals. [20] The previous version consisted of 50 questions divided over five subscales with each comprising ten questions. Theses subscales related to nature (e.g., irritability), circumstances (e.g., recent job change or marriage), body and mind (symptoms of stress, like, anxiety, or disturbed sleep), home life (e.g., lack of family support), and work life (e.g., unsupportive colleagues).…”

“…[14] All three have been used with samples from developing countries (DASS,[15] SOS,[16] and PSS[17]) with focus on specific aspects of stress and overlook aspects of stress manifestation in Indian populations. Likewise, the previous version of Stressometer ® (SOM Version 1)[181920] assessed only components of stressed and missed on diagnostic capacity, thus indicating toward a new and revised version with Likert scale. Therefore, the current study attempted to validate a new and more comprehensive scale of stress and behavioral health for use in India.…”

Assessment of level of stress among post-graduate trainees working in tertiary care hospital in a district of Assam

“…9,10 In a study done by Verma et al found most of the participants suffered from stress which were mostly related with somatic and cognitive symptoms. 11 By Shete et al also reported a high level of stress among postgraduate medical students. 12 In a study done by Aravind et al also reported 73% students having severe level of stress among the medical students compared to dental postgraduate students in Southern Asia.…”