Allah Bachayo Rajar, Abdual Manan Soomro, Amjad Azam, Aqeela Memon, Gulzar Usman, Washin Das.
Pattern of Stress and Stressors in the Undergraduate Medical Students: a Cross Sectional Study.
Annals Punjab Med Coll Jan ;16(2):118-22.

Background: Students in medical colleges are exposed to a higher level of stress, which can have a detrimental impact on their cognitive performance as well as their to learning ability. Objective: To determine the level of stress and the frequency of different stressors among undergraduate medical students. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Settings: Conducted on undergraduate medical students at Muhammad Medical College, MirpurKhas Pakistan. Duration: July 2019 to August 2019. Methods: All the medical undergraduates from the first to final-year MBBS batches of either gender, were included. There were 30 students selected from each class (first year to 5th year). All the study participants were interviewed regarding demographic information, stress, and the factors responsible for their stress in a friendly atmosphere. All the information was collected using a questioner-based study proforma, and the data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Results: A total of 150 medically undereducated students were studied regarding stress, and most of the students 80.0% were aged mor than 20 years old. Out of all females were 53.3% and males were 46.7%. Out of all, 48.0% had mild stress, 38.7% had moderate stress, and 13.3% had perceived stress. Most of the students were stressed due to the academic curriculum, high parental expectations, loneliness, accommodation away from home, quality of food in the mess/canteen, living conditions in the hostel, adjustment with a roommate, sleeping difficulties, and class attendance. The severity of stress was significantly linked to the 3rd to 5th years of education (p-0.001), while being statistically insignificant according to age and gender (p= >0.05). Conclusion: As per the study conclusion, stress among medical students was observed to be frequently high. Academic curriculum, high parental expectations, loneliness, accommodations outside of the home, food quality in the mess/canteen, living conditions in the hostel, adjustment with a roommate, and sleeping difficulties were observed to be the most common responsible factors, and it was positively correlated with years of education.

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