scholarly journals Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Medical Students Enrolled in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira S. Bamuhair ◽  
Ali I. Al Farhan ◽  
Alaa Althubaiti ◽  
Sajida Agha ◽  
Saeed ur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
And Coping

Background. Medical education is rated as one of the most difficult trainings to endure. Throughout their undergraduate years, medical students face numerous stressors. Coping with these stressors requires access to a variety of resources, varying from personal strengths to social support. We aimed to explore the perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies employed by medical students studying in a problem-based learning curriculum. Methodology. This is a cross-sectional study of randomly selected medical students that explored demographics, perceived stress scale, sources of stress, and coping strategies. Results. Of the 378 medical students that participated in the study, males were 59.3% and females 40.7%. Nearly 53% of the students often felt stressed, and a third felt that they could not cope with stress. Over 82% found studying stressful and 64.3% were not sleeping well. Half of the students reported low self-esteem. Perceived stress scores were statistically significantly high for specific stressors of studying in general, worrying about future, interpersonal conflict, and having low self-esteem. Coping strategies that were statistically significantly applied more often were blaming oneself and being self-critical, seeking advice and help from others, and finding comfort in religion. Female students were more stressed than males but they employ more coping strategies as well. Conclusions. Stress is very common among medical students. Most of the stressors are from coursework and interpersonal relationships. Low self-esteem coupled with self-blame and self-criticism is quite common.

Perceived Stress and Coping Profile of Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohan Kalra ◽  
Narayan R Mutalik ◽  
Vinod A ◽  
Shankar Moni ◽  
S B Choudhari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
And Coping

Background: In the current competitive world, every student’s life is very stressful due to various factors like studies, exams, batch mates, lecturers or pressure by parents. Stress is sometimes called as the wear and tear experienced by everyone’s body because we need to adjust to the ever changing environment. Objective: Aim was to assess the perceived stress and coping profile among undergraduate medical students in Bagalkot. A total of 100 undergraduate students from S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot were included based on systematic random sampling test methods. Each enrolled student was given two self-rating questionnaires-Perceived Stress Scale and Brief Cope Inventory. Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact were used for analysis. Result: Majority of study participants had belonged to very high health concern level followed by high health concern level. Most of the participants used self-distraction and active coping strategy. Perceived stress was not associated with sex, religion, place of domicile or type of the family. Conclusion: The effect of stress depends on the way it is perceived. The coping strategies are usually influenced by socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. So they vary from individuals to individuals. Students who are stressed must receive counseling on how to manage and cope up with the stress. We need to enforce early interventions strategies to improve the quality of life of each student by reducing the stress.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS DURING PRE AND POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN.

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-32
Author(s):  
Neha Farheen Mushtaq ◽  
Shiva Kumar B K. ◽  
Vinay HR. ◽  
Bramaramba D Honnugudi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
T Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Coping

Background: Medical students are facing huge challenge due to COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted their learning and has become vital stressor and affecting their psychological well-being. The objective of this study was to assess the perception of the stress among the undergraduate medical students and their coping strategies pre and post lockdown. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 321 undergraduate medical students at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, India. This study was initiated after getting approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee. After obtaining consent the extent of the students stress was assessed using Perceived Stress Scale and Brief COPE was used to assess their coping strategies. Scores were analysed using paired t test in Microsoft excel/ SPSS software. Results: On paired 't' t test the mean difference in total score was 0.68 and the p value was 0.166 for scores of perceived stress scale, similarly the mean difference in scores of sub groups under coping strategies was 0.90 and 0.49 with 'p' value 0.173 and 0.498 respectively. Conclusion: Overall, there was not much of difference in scores of perceived stress scale and coping strategies before and after lockdown. Except for minor difference across age group and scores of specic coping strategies which was again not statistically signicant.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Relation to Body Mass Index: Cross-Sectional Study of 12,045 Japanese Men and Women

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e0118105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chisato Shimanoe ◽  
Megumi Hara ◽  
Yuichiro Nishida ◽  
Hinako Nanri ◽  
Yasuko Otsuka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Japanese Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among First Year Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study, Thrissur District, Kerala

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Maria Mathew ◽  
Navya C J ◽  
Vidhu M Joshy
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Brief Cope

Coping strategies used by an individual for stress determine its effect on health and the body’s functioning. Academic challenges make the first year medical students disparately susceptible to it. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the first year undergraduate medical students of a private medical college in Thrissur, Kerala to find the prevalence of stress and the coping strategies used with the help of pretested and validated questionnaire containing the Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS-10) and Brief COPE Inventory. 73% of the students had moderate stress and, 20% of the students had high-stress scores. Self-distraction and religion {(6.66 ±1.52), (6.55 ±1.58)}were the most common coping strategies used by the boys and girls respectively. The prevalence of stress was high among the first year undergraduate medical students and those with high-stress scores were found to use maladaptive coping strategies.

scholarly journals Psychological morbidity, sources of stress and coping strategies among undergraduate medical students of Nepal

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy ◽  
Pathiyil R Shankar ◽  
VS Binu ◽  
Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Biswabina Ray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Psychological Morbidity ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Among Undergraduate Health Science Students of Jimma University Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak: Online Cross-Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengist Awoke ◽  
Girma Mamo ◽  
Samuel Abdu ◽  
Behailu Terefe
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Science Students ◽  
And Coping

Background: The rapid spread of COVID-19 infection has led countries across the globe to take various measures to contain the outbreak, including the closure of Universities. Forcing University students to stay at home has created enormous stress and uncertainty in their daily life.Objective: This study aimed to assess the perceived stress and coping strategies among undergraduate health science students of Jimma University amid the COVID-19 outbreak.Materials and methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted involving 337 undergraduate health science students from August to September 5, 2020. The perceived stress scale (PSS)-10 and Brief-COPE scale were used to assess the level of stress and coping strategies, respectively. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22 was employed for data analysis. Logistic regression was conducted to identify predictors of high perceived stress.Results: The overall mean [±standard deviation (SD)] age of the participants was 22.88 (±1.78) years. The mean (±SD) PSS score was 22.16 (±1.41), and high perceived stress was reported in 121 (35.9%) participants. The overall mean (±SD) coping score was 72.34 (±12.31), and approach coping was the predominantly used strategy for coping with stress. Personal perception of being stressed by the daily number of COVID-19 cases/deaths in Ethiopia (AOR = 4.61, p < 0.01), rare online talk/chat with friends (AOR = 4.07, p = 0.01), presence of confusion due to the inconsistent strategies developed by the health/government authorities in view of the scientific recommendations (AOR = 2.22, p = 0.01), perception of self/family members being at risk of getting sick (AOR = 0.53, p = 0.03), decreased household income following the COVID-19 pandemic (AOR = 3.92, p = 0.01), practicing denial (AOR = 1.34, p < 0.01), self-blame (AOR = 1.23, p = 0.02), planning (AOR = 1.28, p = 0.01), and religion (AOR = 1.41, p < 0.01) as means of coping with stress were associated with high perceived stress.Conclusion: Over one-third of the participants had a high level of perceived stress, and the majority of them were practicing effective means of coping with stress. The authors recommend that the hosting University in collaboration with the concerned bodies develop innovative strategies to improve the psychological well-being of the students.

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN STUDENTS AT A PRIVATE MEDICAL COLLEGE IN ISLAMABAD

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1676-81
Author(s):  
Sawera Mansoor ◽  
Nadia Azad ◽  
Usama Bin Zubair ◽  
Khalid Hayat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
And Coping

Objective: To determine the association of perceived stress and coping strategies with depressive symptoms in students at a private medical college in Islamabad. Study Design: Correlational study. Place and Duration of Study: Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, from Jun to Dec 2019. Methodology: Fourth and Final year medical students of Foundation university medical college were enrolled in the study. Beck’s Depression Inventory was used to assess the depressive symptoms, perceived stress scale (PSS) was the tool used to look for the perceived stress and the coping strategies were assessed using the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems experienced (Brief COPE) Inventory. The association of perceived stress and coping strategies with depressive symptoms and other sociodemographic factors was established with the help of the chi-square test. Results: Out of 262 medical students included in the study, 211 (80.5%) had none or mild depressive symptoms while 51 (19.5%) had moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Sixty-six (25.2%) had low stress, 127 (48.4%) had moderate stress while 69 (26.3%) reported high stress levels. Pearson chi-square test revealed that perceived stress and the coping strategies used including self-distraction, active coping, denial, substance use, behavioural disengagement, positive reframing, acceptance, religion/spirituality and self-blaming had a statistically significant relationship with the presence of depressive symptoms among the target population. Conclusion: Considerable number of medical students had the presence of moderate to severe depressive symptoms in our study. Perceived stress and some specific kinds of coping strategies had a significant association with the presence of depressive symptoms among the target.......

scholarly journals Stress and Coping Mechanism among the Parents of Intellectual Disable Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhawani Shahi Takuri
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Instrumental Social Support ◽  
Growth Planning ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Parenting Process

Background: High perceived stress levels and lack of effective coping skills could be a barrier to achieve the challenges of parenting process. Objectives: The study was conducted to find out the level of stress and coping strategies used by the parents of intellectual disable children. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional quantitative research design was adopted among 100 respondents from three organizations. The study was conducted by using a Perceived Stress Index and Coping Inventory tools in Kathmandu valley. Result: It showed that three forth of parents had severe stress to clinical significant stress level during their parenting process. Parents were used to cope up stress by using various coping strategies like use of instrumental social support, positive reinterpretation and growth, planning, suppression of competing activities and use of emotional social support.Conclusion: Health educators should find out the most stressful areas and give a serious thought to encourage the use of healthy coping strategies to improve their parenting process.

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