A cross sectional study to assess stress, anxiety and depression in medical post graduates in Hyderabad.

INTRODUCTION: Stress is any unpleasant emotional experience which is accompanied with predictable biochemical, physiological, and behavioural changes. Different countries report psychological stress in undergraduate medical students differently, varying widely from 10-96%. These factors can be broadly categorized as academic and non- academic stressors. Very few studies have been done in India in post graduate medical students. This study aims to evaluate stress, anxiety and depression in post graduates pursing various medical and surgical branches in different medical colleges in Hyderabad. AIM: A cross sectional study to assess stress, anxiety and depression in medical post graduates in Hyderabad. METHODOLOGY: The study was initiated after taking institutional ethics committee approval from Ethics Committee, Osmania Medical College. Data was collected after obtaining written informed consent from the participants. Data was collected through Google forms from various post graduate students pursuing their MD/MS degrees in any college in Hyderabad. Depression, anxiety and depression scale -21 items (DASS-21) was included in the Google form. The data collected was analysed using SPSS software. RESULT: 6.75% and 1.35% of the postgraduates were found to have mild and moderate stress respectively. 4.05%, 6.75%, 2.7% had mild, moderate, and severe anxiety respectively. 10.81%, 5.4%, and 1.35% were found to have mild, moderate, and severe depression respectively.