Prevalence of stress, stressors and coping strategies among medical students in a Nigerian medical school

Oku, Afiong; Owoaje, Eme T.; Oku, O O; Ikpeme, Bassey Monday

doi:10.4103/2384-5589.153384

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“…The prevalence of severe stress was high among all participants irrespective of whether they were in pre-clinical years or clinical years of MBBS. Contrary to our findings, Oboko et al(2015)observed a significantly higher (97.3%) prevalence among pre-clinical students than 88.5% prevalence among clinical students of a Nigerian medical college. This difference may be attributed to the use of different tools for assessing the risk of stress.…”

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“…High (78%)prevalenceof severe stress in our study participants is similar to the findings of some other studies which have reported 75% to 90% risk of stress (Saipanish, Oboko et al(2015)to investigate the prevalence of stress, stressors and coping strategies among male medical students of Nigeria found that 70.3% and 22.1% of medical students perceived their studies and training as very stressful and moderately stressful respectively which is very similar to the findings of our study. However, some studies have reported a lower risk of stress among medical students than our findings.…”

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“…These findings are a bit lower than the findings of a Nigerian study (Oboko et al, 2015)which has also described a high prevalence (above 90%) of stress in medical students irrespective of their gender. This difference may be attributed to the use of differenttools for the assessment of stress; the Nigerian study has used DASS-21 guidelines to classify stress.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…It has been observed that medical students and resident doctors experience more stress than students of other disciplines (Stewartet al, 1999;Aktekin et al, 2001;Dyrbye et al, 2006).Medical students are prone to stress development due to vastness of their curriculum, length and depth of their courses, inadequate leisure time,lack of holidays, financial burden and career choices (Stecker, 2004;Yousafzai et al, 2009;Waghachavare et al, 2013;Oboko et al, 2015). Some studies suggest that medial students are most prone to stress in their 1 st year of study due to tremendous change in their lifestyle (Stewartet al, 1999;Dyrbye et al, 2006).…”

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“…Some studies suggest that medial students are most prone to stress in their 1 st year of study due to tremendous change in their lifestyle (Stewartet al, 1999;Dyrbye et al, 2006). Another study suggests that medical students are at risk of stress during transition from pre-clinical years to clinical training (Oboko et al, 2015).…”

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Academic stress is the most common mental state that medical students experience during their training period. To assess academic stress, to find out its determinants, to assess other sources of stress and to explore the various coping styles against academic stress adopted by students. Methods: It was a cross sectional study done among medical students from first to fourth year. Standard self-administered questionnaires were used to assess academic stress and coping behaviour. Mean age of the 400 participants was 20.3 ± 1.5 years. 166(41.5%) of them were males. The academic stress was found to be of mild, moderate and severe level among 68(17%), 309(77.3%) and 23(5.7%) participants respectively. Overall coping with stress was found to be poor, average and good among 15(3.8%), 380(95%) and 5(1.2%) participants respectively. Passive emotional (p = 0.054) and passive problem (p = 0.001) coping behaviours were significantly better among males. Active problem coping behaviour (p = 0.007) was significantly better among females. Active emotional coping behaviour did not vary significantly between genders (p = 0.54). Majority of the students preferred sharing their personal problems with parents 211(52.7%) followed by friends 202(50.5%). Binary logistic regression analysis found worrying about future (p = 0.023) and poor self-esteem (p = 0.026) to be independently associated with academic stress. Academic stress although a common finding among students, the coping style to deal with it, was good only in a few. The coping behaviours were not satisfactory particularly among male participants. This along with other determinants of academic stress identified in this study need to be addressed during counselling sessions.

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Perceived stress and stressors among first-year undergraduate students at a private medical school in Nigeria

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Ojo

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ObjectivesMedical training has long been globally recognised as involving numerous stressors that can affect the well-being of students. This study, the first to be conducted among first-year medical students at a private university in Nigeria, aims to identify factors associated with students’ perceived stress.MethodsAn analytical cross-sectional design was employed. A semi-structured pretested and validated questionnaire was administered to first-year medical students. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive and analytical statistics were presented as frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. The chi-square test was also used to identify the associations between categorical variables.ResultsThe majority of the respondents were females (72.2%) and Christians (85.8%). Sixty seven percent of the participants perceived medical school as being stressful. More females than males were stressed. Statistically, ethnicity and intrapersonal factors were correlated with perceived stress.ConclusionIn this study, the prevalence of perceived stress among first-year medical undergraduate students was high. Students should be prepared on how to cope with stress by developing coping strategies such as healthy lifestyle patterns, availing of social support, engaging in physical activity, and seeking counselling when needed.

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Prevalence of stress, stressors and coping strategies among medical students in a Nigerian medical school

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References 18 publications

Psychological Stress Among Undergraduate Medical Students of Saudi Arabia: A Cross Sectional Survey.

Psychological Stress Among Undergraduate Medical Students of Saudi Arabia: A Cross Sectional Survey.

Assessment of academic stress and its coping mechanisms among medical undergraduate students in a large Midwestern university

Perceived stress and stressors among first-year undergraduate students at a private medical school in Nigeria

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