Higher stress scores for female medical students measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) in Pakistan

The aim of this study was to determine the stress level of medical students and the relationship between stress and academic year. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted at an undergraduate medical school with a five-year curriculum, in Pakistan, from January 2014 to April 2014. Medical...

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Autores principales: Qamar, Khadija, Kiani, Muhammad Rizwan Bash, Ayyub, Aisha, Khan, Atif Ahmed, Osama, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of the Republic of Korea 2014
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25308191
http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.27
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author Qamar, Khadija
Kiani, Muhammad Rizwan Bash
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Khan, Atif Ahmed
Osama, Mohammad
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description The aim of this study was to determine the stress level of medical students and the relationship between stress and academic year. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted at an undergraduate medical school with a five-year curriculum, in Pakistan, from January 2014 to April 2014. Medical students in the first four years were included in the study. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), a self-administered questionnaire, was distributed to the students. A total of 445 medical students completed the questionnaire. The average stress score was 19.61 (SD=6.76) with a range from 10 to 43. Stress was experienced by 169 students (41.7%). The scores of female students were higher than scores of males, indicating a higher stress level (P=0.011). The relationship between stress and academic year was insignificant (P=0.392).
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spelling pubmed-43099362015-02-03 Higher stress scores for female medical students measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) in Pakistan Qamar, Khadija Kiani, Muhammad Rizwan Bash Ayyub, Aisha Khan, Atif Ahmed Osama, Mohammad J Educ Eval Health Prof Brief Report The aim of this study was to determine the stress level of medical students and the relationship between stress and academic year. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted at an undergraduate medical school with a five-year curriculum, in Pakistan, from January 2014 to April 2014. Medical students in the first four years were included in the study. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), a self-administered questionnaire, was distributed to the students. A total of 445 medical students completed the questionnaire. The average stress score was 19.61 (SD=6.76) with a range from 10 to 43. Stress was experienced by 169 students (41.7%). The scores of female students were higher than scores of males, indicating a higher stress level (P=0.011). The relationship between stress and academic year was insignificant (P=0.392). National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of the Republic of Korea 2014-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4309936/ /pubmed/25308191 http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.27 Text en © 2014, National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of the Republic of Korea This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309936/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.27
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