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Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background Medical students are usually subjected to a high workload environment and stress is one of the most important health risks that medical students encounter. The negative impact of stress on the student’s mental and general h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697508/ http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000067.1 |
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author | Acharya, Yogesh Merchant, Darien Manzoor, Asia Sathuluri, Jyothi Anoshina, Anastasia Arja, Sateesh Babu |
author_facet | Acharya, Yogesh Merchant, Darien Manzoor, Asia Sathuluri, Jyothi Anoshina, Anastasia Arja, Sateesh Babu |
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description | This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background Medical students are usually subjected to a high workload environment and stress is one of the most important health risks that medical students encounter. The negative impact of stress on the student’s mental and general health in basic science has often been under reported. Methods and Materials A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was performed in Avalon University School of Medicine (AUSOM), Curacao, amongst the first to fourth semester basic science students with an objective to explore and understand their perspectives on different health risks. ResultsMore than ⅔ of the students (79.61%, n=82) were feeling stressed out during their basic sciences. The mean stress level among the basic science students was 7.42 ± 2.13 (scale:1-10). Common health issues encountered by the students were: sleep problems, impaired concentration, low mood, mood swings, difficulty in making decisions, emotional distress, anxiety, substance abuse, and abnormal weight gain. Conclusion Although lack of sleep and behavioral problems are the most common health issues encountered by the pre-clinical medical students. There is an urgent need to implement health promotion strategies in medical curriculum for mental and physical well-being of the students. |
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spelling | pubmed-106975082023-12-06 Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey Acharya, Yogesh Merchant, Darien Manzoor, Asia Sathuluri, Jyothi Anoshina, Anastasia Arja, Sateesh Babu MedEdPublish (2016) Research Article This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background Medical students are usually subjected to a high workload environment and stress is one of the most important health risks that medical students encounter. The negative impact of stress on the student’s mental and general health in basic science has often been under reported. Methods and Materials A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was performed in Avalon University School of Medicine (AUSOM), Curacao, amongst the first to fourth semester basic science students with an objective to explore and understand their perspectives on different health risks. ResultsMore than ⅔ of the students (79.61%, n=82) were feeling stressed out during their basic sciences. The mean stress level among the basic science students was 7.42 ± 2.13 (scale:1-10). Common health issues encountered by the students were: sleep problems, impaired concentration, low mood, mood swings, difficulty in making decisions, emotional distress, anxiety, substance abuse, and abnormal weight gain. Conclusion Although lack of sleep and behavioral problems are the most common health issues encountered by the pre-clinical medical students. There is an urgent need to implement health promotion strategies in medical curriculum for mental and physical well-being of the students. F1000 Research Limited 2020-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10697508/ http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000067.1 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Acharya Y et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Acharya, Yogesh Merchant, Darien Manzoor, Asia Sathuluri, Jyothi Anoshina, Anastasia Arja, Sateesh Babu Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
title | Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
title_full | Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
title_fullStr | Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
title_short | Understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
title_sort | understanding the health risks in basic science medical students: a cross sectional survey |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697508/ http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000067.1 |
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