Prevalence of Stress among Final Year MBBS Students in Kerala
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Academic stress among college students has been a topic of interest for many years. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine the prevalence of stress among final year MBBS students in Kerala. Material and methods: This is an unmatched case control study which included final year MBBS students of Government Medical Colleges in Kerala. All the students were screened for stressed and non-stressed students and randomly selected them as cases (stressed) and controls (nonstressed) after getting Informed Written Consent and institutional ethical clearence. Results: The age of the subjects ranged from 21 to 31 which was not significantly associated with the outcome stress. BMI ranged from 15.43 to 32.05. The mean BMI among Cases is 21.75 (SD= 2.56) which was not associated statistically with the outcome. Odds Ratio for the different category of Mental Health status score showed a linear trend. Chi Square for linear trend (Extended Mantel-Haenszel) is 97.02 which was highly significant (p=0.000). There is dose response relationship between Psychiatric Morbidity and Stress. Conclusion: The study has shown that stress among final year MBBS students is high. Knowing the causes of stress among these students will help educators and administrators, monitor and control these factors in order to reduce stress experienced by students. The findings of this study indicate the need for stress management intervention programs in medical colleges.
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Sathidevi V. K
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