Authors : Mamatha B V, Pramod N J, Rakshitha M N, Shwetha T M
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijcbr.2020.084
Volume : 7
Issue : 3
Year : 2020
Page No : 395-399
Nowadays a lot of awareness about stress and its effects on mental health is being spread among people.
We being medical fraternity should think about stress our undergraduates are going through. Medical
education being the toughest academics puts the students in stress. So this study was designed with
following objectives: 1. To explore the sources and level of stress in first MBBS students 2. To compare the
levels of stress in different groups.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Subbaiah institute of medical sciences, Shivamogga in April 2019. We included 150 first year medical students (2018-19 batch) of both the sexes after getting approval from institutional ethical clearance committee. We used pre formed questionnaire which had demographical details and MSSQ (medical student stress questionnaire) questions.
Statistical Analysis: statistical analysis was done using independent student t test. Mean ± SD
was calculated.
Results: academic related stressor (ARS) was higher than all other stressors. Females had
more ARS. Urban background students had more ARS compared to rural background students. We found
moderate stress in ARS.
Conclusion: ARS is the major stressor perceived, hence measures should be taken
to decrease the burden of academic stress in the students.
Keywords: Stress, Medical student stressor, Questionnaire, Medical education, Stressors, Medical students.