Prevalence and Causes of Stress in Newly Joined Medical and Dental Students Varies with Gender
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v7i1.263Abstract
Background
Acute stress is positive and enables a person to perform better but the chronic form is the silent killer. No one is shielded from stress but the stress in medical and dental students has increased by leaps and bounds, and the factors for it are different at different stages of this profession
Aim and Objectives
To determine the prevalence and causes of stress in newly joined medical and dental students and their gender variations
Material and Method
Cohen's perceived stress test to assess the prevalence of stress was used and the self-drafted questionnaire to assess the factors of stress was filled.
Results
92.8% of students were under moderate or high stress, and it is observed that Psychosocial stressors were the major cause compared to academic and health stressors and it was observed that the female students were affected significantly and the P value was < 0.01.
Conclusion
Interventions like counseling, yoga and meditation can be included to reduce the deleterious effect of stress and these can be gender based.
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