Level of Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Prevailing Among 1st year Medical Undergraduate Students: A Cross-sectional Study from South India

Shakthivel, Nethra; Amarnath, Vaishnavi M.; Ahamed, Farhad; Rath, Rama Shankar; Sethuraman, Ajay Raj; Suliankatchi, Rizwan Abdulkader

doi:10.5530/ijmedph.2017.2.22

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“…16 It was also similar to a study done in Tamil Nadu by Satheesh et al which showed higher prevalence of stress in first and final years (53.3% and 84.6%) respectively as compared to other years. 17 Other factors like gender, socio economic status, living status, medium of education were not significantly associated with stress in our study and it was comparable with studies done by Shakthivel et al, Yusoff et al, Supe et at and Nandi et al 10,[18][19][20] Another study by Gade et al in their study in Nagpur showed a contrasting result with significant association between stress and gender, females being more stressed and students from rural background being significantly more stressed as opposed to our results. 21 In our study majority of the students 40.9% stated academic related stressors to be the source of high stress which is followed by inter and intra-personal related stressors 33.3%.…”

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“…[14][15][16][17] The mean and SD of PSS score in our study was 17.7 and 5.5 respectively which was comparable to a study done in Tamil Nadu by Sakthivel et al with mean score as 17 and SD as 6.5. 10 However it was less than that found in a study done in Kolkatta by Chowdhury et al where the mean and SD were 29.58 and 6.6 respectively. 12 Another study done in by Brahmbhatt et al also showed a higher mean score of 27.53.…”

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“…This finding was comparable to a study done in Tamil Nadu by Shakthivel et al in which 80% of the boys and 75% of the girls reported a moderate or higher stress level. 10 In a study done in Kolkatta by Gupta et al showed prevalence of moderate and high stress among the participants to be 55.7% and 35.4% respectively and the overall prevalence of stress was estimated as 91.1%.…”

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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

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“…11 Results obtained by Samira et al (2015) showed 'selfblame' and 'self-criticism' as the common reactions to stress. Religious coping was frequently adopted as a coping measure, while use of alcohol or other drugs was found to be rare.…”

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A cross-sectional survey of stressors and coping strategies among the first-year medical students in Kerala

2020

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Introduction: Compared to the general population medical students have to face more stress, which, if not handled properly, may negatively affect the career of future doctors and community health drastically. To counter this stress, they need appropriate coping strategies. Studies on stress and coping strategies among medical students in India are very few to date and show wide demographic variations in their results. Materials and Methods:We carried out a cross-sectional survey to find out stressors using a validated Medical Students' Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) and we used Brief COPE scale to assess the coping strategies adopted by the first-year medical students in Kerala. Descriptive statistics was used to compile and summarize data. Result: Most common stress inducer was found to be 'academic related stressor' domain, in which we observed that 88% students had moderate to high level of stress. In this domain, more common stressors were 'examinations' and 'large amount of content to be learnt'. 'Planning' was ranked first with mean score (SD) of 5.72 (1.42), while 'substance use', 2.07 (0.45) was least adopted coping method by them. Conclusion: Academic stressors were found to be the most common stressor domain in first-year medical students. Timely reduction of such stress using various measures is expected from the educators. Maximum students employed constructive coping strategy i.e. 'planning' but maladaptive 'self-distraction' coping was also seen in substantial number of students who can be helped by guiding them for proper coping methods.

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“…9 However it was less than that found in a study done in Kolkatta by Chowdhury et al where the mean and SD were 29.58 and 6.6 respectively. 10 Another study done in by Brahmbhatt et al also showed a higher mean score of 27.53. 11 The easy pace of life in Bikaner, may be the reason for the lesser stress experienced by the students of this college.…”

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Study of perceived stress and stressors among undergraduate medical students

Sethia¹,

Sharma

Shekhawat

et al. 2019

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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Level of Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Prevailing Among 1st year Medical Undergraduate Students: A Cross-sectional Study from South India

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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

A cross-sectional survey of stressors and coping strategies among the first-year medical students in Kerala

Study of perceived stress and stressors among undergraduate medical students

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