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Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors

OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived stress with private and training-related stressors in medical students according to t...

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Autores principales: Erschens, Rebecca, Herrmann–Werner, Anne, Keifenheim, Katharina Eva, Loda, Teresa, Bugaj, Till Johannes, Nikendei, Christoph, Lammerding–Köppel, Maria, Zipfel, Stephan, Junne, Florian
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29385180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191831
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author Erschens, Rebecca
Herrmann–Werner, Anne
Keifenheim, Katharina Eva
Loda, Teresa
Bugaj, Till Johannes
Nikendei, Christoph
Lammerding–Köppel, Maria
Zipfel, Stephan
Junne, Florian
author_facet Erschens, Rebecca
Herrmann–Werner, Anne
Keifenheim, Katharina Eva
Loda, Teresa
Bugaj, Till Johannes
Nikendei, Christoph
Lammerding–Köppel, Maria
Zipfel, Stephan
Junne, Florian
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description OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived stress with private and training-related stressors in medical students according to their stage of medical education. METHODS: Participants were high-school graduates who plan to study medicine and students in their first, third, sixth, or ninth semester of medical school or in practical medical training. The self-administered questionnaire included items addressing demographic information, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire, and items addressing potential private and training-related stressors. RESULTS: Results confirmed a substantial burden of perceived stress in students at different stages of their medical education. In particular, 10–28% of students in their third or ninth semesters of medical school showed the highest values for perceived stress. Training-related stressors were most strongly associated with perceived stress, although specific stressors that determined perceived stress varied across different stages of students’ medical education. High-school graduates highly interested in pursuing medical education showed specific stressors similar to those of medical students in their third, sixth, or ninth semesters of medical school, as well as stress structures with heights of general stress rates similar to those of medical students at the beginning of practical medical training. CONCLUSIONS: High-school graduates offer new, interesting information about students’ fears and needs before they begin medical school. Medical students and high-school graduates need open, comprehensive information about possible stressors at the outset of and during medical education. Programmes geared toward improving resilience behaviour and teaching new, functional coping strategies are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-57920032018-02-09 Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors Erschens, Rebecca Herrmann–Werner, Anne Keifenheim, Katharina Eva Loda, Teresa Bugaj, Till Johannes Nikendei, Christoph Lammerding–Köppel, Maria Zipfel, Stephan Junne, Florian PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived stress with private and training-related stressors in medical students according to their stage of medical education. METHODS: Participants were high-school graduates who plan to study medicine and students in their first, third, sixth, or ninth semester of medical school or in practical medical training. The self-administered questionnaire included items addressing demographic information, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire, and items addressing potential private and training-related stressors. RESULTS: Results confirmed a substantial burden of perceived stress in students at different stages of their medical education. In particular, 10–28% of students in their third or ninth semesters of medical school showed the highest values for perceived stress. Training-related stressors were most strongly associated with perceived stress, although specific stressors that determined perceived stress varied across different stages of students’ medical education. High-school graduates highly interested in pursuing medical education showed specific stressors similar to those of medical students in their third, sixth, or ninth semesters of medical school, as well as stress structures with heights of general stress rates similar to those of medical students at the beginning of practical medical training. CONCLUSIONS: High-school graduates offer new, interesting information about students’ fears and needs before they begin medical school. Medical students and high-school graduates need open, comprehensive information about possible stressors at the outset of and during medical education. Programmes geared toward improving resilience behaviour and teaching new, functional coping strategies are recommended. Public Library of Science 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5792003/ /pubmed/29385180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191831 Text en © 2018 Erschens et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Herrmann–Werner, Anne
Keifenheim, Katharina Eva
Loda, Teresa
Bugaj, Till Johannes
Nikendei, Christoph
Lammerding–Köppel, Maria
Zipfel, Stephan
Junne, Florian
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title_fullStr Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors
title_full_unstemmed Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors
title_short Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors
title_sort differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29385180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191831
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