Stress in Medical Students

AuthorAmeneh Barikanien
OrcidAmeneh Barikani []en
Issued Date2007-03-31en
AbstractBackground and purpose: Beginning medicine for the first time as a academic program is a very stressful for medical students. This study is an attempt to determine stress in medical students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.Methods: A survey of randomly selected medical students of all years in Quazvin medical university were conducted based on a questionnaire including demographic data and items examining possible sources of anxiety based on our experience with medical students and a scale to measure the anxiety experienced by the students as well as an item asking students how satisfied they are with studying medicine were given to all subjects. On the questionnaire space were provided for respondent toexpress their comments on each factor they identify as source of stress. To measure the anxiety the students were asked to mark the level of anxiety they experienced on a six point scale. Analyses of data was conducted with SPSS version 12. Relation between variables was assessed with chi-square test with a significance level ofen
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v11i1,2.1028en
URIhttps://brieflands.com/journals/jme/articles/105328en
KeywordStress Factorsen
KeywordMedical Studentsen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleStress in Medical Studentsen
TypeResearch Articleen

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