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Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students
BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of psychological stress among Isfahan medical sciences students. METHODS: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out among the 387 medical sciences students (medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry) of Isfahan, Iran through...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3526138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23267406 |
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author | Sharifirad, Gholamreza Marjani, Abdoljalal Abdolrahman, Charkazi Mostafa, Qorbani Hossein, Shahnazi |
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description | BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of psychological stress among Isfahan medical sciences students. METHODS: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out among the 387 medical sciences students (medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry) of Isfahan, Iran through census. In academic year 2010-2011, Kessler-10 questionnaire was given to the students a month before semester examinations. Scores ≥20 were considered as indicative of positive stress symptoms. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of stress among medical sciences students was found to be about 76.1%. The prevalence of stress among medicine students was 22.7% mild, 23% moderate and 21.4% severe while 32.8% showed no stress. The prevalence of stress among pharmacy students was 22.22%, 22.22%, 26.19%, and 29.36% mild, moderate, and severe and no stress, respectively. The prevalence of stress among dentistry students was 25% mild, 27% moderate, and 10% severe while 37.5% showed no stress. The prevalence of stress was higher (70.6%) in pharmacy students when compared with medicine (66.1%) and dentistry (62.5%) students. The odds of student having stress is higher in dentistry students (OR: 1.44, P= 0.33), where as the odds are decreasing in pharmacy student (OR: 1.16, P=0.66). There is no statistically significant association between gender, ages, and term and having stress symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The high level of stress necessitates interventions like social and psychological support to improve the student's well-being. A prospective study is needed to study the association of psychological morbidity with sources of stress and coping strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-35261382012-12-24 Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students Sharifirad, Gholamreza Marjani, Abdoljalal Abdolrahman, Charkazi Mostafa, Qorbani Hossein, Shahnazi J Res Med Sci Educational Research article BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of psychological stress among Isfahan medical sciences students. METHODS: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out among the 387 medical sciences students (medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry) of Isfahan, Iran through census. In academic year 2010-2011, Kessler-10 questionnaire was given to the students a month before semester examinations. Scores ≥20 were considered as indicative of positive stress symptoms. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of stress among medical sciences students was found to be about 76.1%. The prevalence of stress among medicine students was 22.7% mild, 23% moderate and 21.4% severe while 32.8% showed no stress. The prevalence of stress among pharmacy students was 22.22%, 22.22%, 26.19%, and 29.36% mild, moderate, and severe and no stress, respectively. The prevalence of stress among dentistry students was 25% mild, 27% moderate, and 10% severe while 37.5% showed no stress. The prevalence of stress was higher (70.6%) in pharmacy students when compared with medicine (66.1%) and dentistry (62.5%) students. The odds of student having stress is higher in dentistry students (OR: 1.44, P= 0.33), where as the odds are decreasing in pharmacy student (OR: 1.16, P=0.66). There is no statistically significant association between gender, ages, and term and having stress symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The high level of stress necessitates interventions like social and psychological support to improve the student's well-being. A prospective study is needed to study the association of psychological morbidity with sources of stress and coping strategies. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3526138/ /pubmed/23267406 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Educational Research article Sharifirad, Gholamreza Marjani, Abdoljalal Abdolrahman, Charkazi Mostafa, Qorbani Hossein, Shahnazi Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students |
title | Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students |
title_full | Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students |
title_fullStr | Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students |
title_full_unstemmed | Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students |
title_short | Stress among Isfahan medical sciences students |
title_sort | stress among isfahan medical sciences students |
topic | Educational Research article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3526138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23267406 |
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