Exam-Related Anxiety Levels among Iraqi Medical Students in Baghdad City

Shanshal, Aisha Muthanna; Hussain, Saad Abdulrahman; Mahmood, Ahmed Mohamed; Zukhair, Fatima Abood; Mahdi, Ali Sabah; Mahmood, A; Hamed, Nabaa Mustafa

doi:10.54133/ajms.v2i.56

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“…Therefore, most patients seek to reduce the pain of these progressive diseases by alternative and complementary medicines especially dietary supplements (DS) [ 9 – 11 ]. Meanwhile, a lot of DS are available in pharmacies and can be purchased easily without prescription in Iraq and in many other developing countries [ 12 ]. In addition, the prescription of DS for many chronic diseases including rheumatological diseases is very common among Iraqi physicians [ 13 ].…”

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Pharmacists’ perception about efficacy, safety, and quality of dietary supplements that used for rheumatic disorders in the Iraqi pharmaceutical market

Al-Hadi,

Mikhael

2024

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Rheumatic diseases are common progressive diseases that associated with chronic pain. Most patients seek to reduce the pain of these diseases by using dietary supplements (DS). Yet, most DS have limited benefits to reduce pain and/or disease progression. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the perceptions of community pharmacists about the efficacy, safety, and quality of the DS for treatment of rheumatic diseases (DSTRD) in the Iraqi pharmaceutical market. A qualitative study was conducted during February-2023 through face-to-face interview with community pharmacists with ≥6 months of working experience. The interviews were guided through semi-structured open-ended questions. The interviews were recorded using iPhone-11. A hybrid framework-model was used to analyze the data. Interviews were performed with 20 pharmacists. Only 30% of pharmacists considered DSTRD to be effective, whereas 75% of them perceived DSTRD to be safe. One-quarter of the participants considered the quality of DSTRD to be good. All interviewed pharmacists reported that prescribing DSTRD become a common practice. Eleven participants reported that deals with pharmaceutical companies are the main trigger for prescribing DSTRD. Three-quarter of participating pharmacists mentioned that they educate their patient about the dispensed DSTRD. However, only 10% of them educate patients about the possible side effects and interactions of DSTRD. In conclusion, most of the participating pharmacists have doubts about the efficacy, safety, and quality of DSTRD in the Iraqi market. The prescribing of such products by physicians is common and usually triggered by deals with pharmaceutical companies. Pharmacist-education to the patient on these supplements is poor.

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Pharmacists’ perception about efficacy, safety, and quality of dietary supplements that used for rheumatic disorders in the Iraqi pharmaceutical market

Al-Hadi,

Mikhael

2024

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Frequency of Anxiety and Depression Among Medical Students During Viva Exam

Rafi

Shahzadi²,

Imtiaz

et al. 2023

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Examinations are an integral part of medical school education and negative emotional states affect the memory, recalling and timely response of the students during the examination. Objective: To find out the frequency of anxiety and depression among medical students at the time of taking the viva examination. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad, Pakistan. For data collection, Beck Anxiety Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory questionnaires were used. A total of 207 participants were included via inclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria were medical students of age 18-25 years, both males and females having viva examination at the time of data collection. Those students who were already diagnosed with psychological issues were excluded from the study. For the analysis of data SPSS version 21.0 was used. Results: 207 students participated in this research. The majority of the students 115 (56.6%) have mild anxiety levels whereas 103 (49.8%) students were having normal ups and downs that were not considered as depression. 45 (21.7%) students have mild mood disturbance. Conclusions: This study concluded that medical students face a mild level of anxiety and mood disturbance during viva exams

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Assessment of Test Anxiety and its Correlation with Academic Performance among Undergraduate Students

Hameed,

Channa,

Khan

et al. 2023

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Globally, around one in every three medical students suffer from anxiety. Test anxiety is a physical, mental and emotional reaction to threat of failure in exams and consists of worry and perception as components and it may lead to poor academic performance. Objective: To assess the level of test anxiety and its correlation with academic performance among undergraduate students. Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted from 1st September to 15th December, 2022 with purposive sampling technique to collect the data from the undergraduate students at Sohail University, Karachi. Westside Test Anxiety Scale questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 22.0. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney and Spearman’s correlation were measured. Results: 44% of the participants were male, 94% were single, 50% were nursing students and 57.5% were 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students. Majority of the respondents (70.5%) were suffering from high to extremely high-test anxiety whereas (17.5 %) participants had mild to moderate level of anxiety. The significant association was found between test anxiety and study program (p-value 0.021). The weak reciprocal correlation coefficient was found between academic performance and test anxiety (r = -.473). Conclusions: Findings of this study suggest that 88% of undergraduates had high to extremely high-test anxiety. A significant link between the study program and level of anxiety and a significant correlation were also found between academic performance and test anxiety. The causes and contributing elements of anxiety must be addressed. The test anxiety puts the undergraduates on high risk for learning deficits and unhealthy consequences.

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Exam-Related Anxiety Levels among Iraqi Medical Students in Baghdad City

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Pharmacists’ perception about efficacy, safety, and quality of dietary supplements that used for rheumatic disorders in the Iraqi pharmaceutical market

Pharmacists’ perception about efficacy, safety, and quality of dietary supplements that used for rheumatic disorders in the Iraqi pharmaceutical market

Frequency of Anxiety and Depression Among Medical Students During Viva Exam

Assessment of Test Anxiety and its Correlation with Academic Performance among Undergraduate Students

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