scholarly journals Hazing victimization and its psychological consequences on undergraduate newcomer medical students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
S Sawant ◽  
U Karki ◽  
AR Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Stress Scale

 Introduction: Hazing is a form of mistreatment received by the newcomers in a group which may have negative psychological consequences. The objectives of the study were a) exploring victimization of hazing in newcomer undergraduate medical students, b) determine the pattern of hazing with its psychological consequences and c) explore undergraduate students’ ways of coping. Material And Method: It was a Cross-sectional study and a purposive sampling method was used. The total numbers of participants were 88. Data were collected in the third week of the session (January 2017). Instruments used were self-developed semi-structured questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) and Ways of Coping Scale. Results: Study revealed that newcomer medical students were hazed by their seniors in a group as well as individually. Hazing would last for less than one hour to more than two hours at a time and it was repeated more than four times a day. Dress code, an introduction of oneself, playing a fool, verbal abuse and sexual activities were the common types of hazing. Male students were victimized harsh than female and were also found more as caseness on the General Health Questionnaire and rated high on Depressive Anxiety Stress Scale. Commonly used ways of coping by newcomers were social support, positive reappraisal, self-controlling, distancing and accepting responsibility. Conclusion: Students had very little or no control over hazing and as a result they experienced a high level of psychological distress which can have a significant impact on their mental health.

scholarly journals The impact of a public healt environmental contingency (COVID-19) on Stress and a General Healt of workers from different industrial sector.

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Nora Isela Macías Núñez ◽  
Aurora Moyano González ◽  
Victor Ibarra ◽  
José Armando Peña-Moreno ◽  
Martha Esthela Calderon Parga
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
The Impact

The problems that arise in society, in relation to health affect workers to some extent, this is the case of the COVID -19 pandemic, which has somehow affected organizations in general, such as: in their profits, in the reduction of personnel, in adapting new forms of work if required, and in activating health protocols to avoid the spread of it in its workers, this health situation that is present worldwide has had a great impact on people from the psychological aspect, it is for this the interest to carry out this research, with the purpose of knowing the perception of the workers of different organizations in this pandemic situation, that is to say, how it has affected them in relation to stress and therefore their general health, the instruments applied were: Perceived Stress Scale (10 items) and the Golberg General Health Questionnaire. The results of this work gave us a Coronbach alpha of α = .85 of reliability which indicates that this study is reliable, likewise 60% of the population report that they have felt stress due to COVID-19, as well as 42% of the population state that they have perceived factors or symptoms that affect their mental health to some degree.

The Psychological Well-being of Supporters of the Demented Elderly

1987 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Eagles ◽  
A. Craig ◽  
F. Rawlinson ◽  
D. B. Restall ◽  
J. A. G. Beattie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Assessment ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Stress Scale

Interviews were conducted with the co-resident supporters of 79 elderly subjects. Forty of these elderly subjects had been diagnosed as being demented (20 mildly, 12 moderately and eight severely) following psychiatric assessment. The supporters were screened for psychological well-being with the 60-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Relatives' Stress Scale (RSS). Supporters of demented relatives showed significantly raised levels of stress on the RSS, but no increase in psychiatric morbidity on the GHQ, when compared with the supporters of non-demented relatives. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Psychological Symptoms and their Course in First-Year Medical Students as Assessed by the Interval General Health Questionnaire (I–GHQ)

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. McC. Miller ◽  
P. G. Surtees
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
General Health ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
Small Subgroup ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
Symptomatic Distress

Evidence is presented concerning the concurrent validity of the Interval General Health Questionnaire. This was used to describe the timing and course of spells of depression and anxiety symptoms in first-year medical students over their initial six months at university. A small subgroup of students who were continuously symptomatic were distinguished from other groups by the presence of a number of factors: they were slow to make friends, had inappropriate support from relatives, had a tendency to have rows, had steady girl/boyfriends and had ‘vulnerable’ personalities. By contrast, a large subgroup who were well throughout had experienced caring childhood backgrounds, seldom had girl/boyfriends, showed little tendency to have rows and had ‘resilient’ personalities. Other subgroups are also described. It is suggested that students who suffer from chronic minor symptomatic distress could be recognised early on and offered appropriate support from counselling services.

scholarly journals Impact of a public health environmental contingency (COVID-19) on Stress and a General Health of workers from different industrial sector.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Victor Ibarra
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
New Forms Of Work

Abstract. The problems that arise in society, in relation to health affect workers to some extent, this is the case of the COVID -19 pandemic, which has somehow affected organizations in general, such as: in their profits, in the reduction of personnel, in adapting new forms of work if required, and in activating health protocols to avoid the spread of it in its workers, this health situation that is present worldwide has had a great impact on people from the psychological aspect, it is for this the interest to carry out this research, with the purpose of knowing the perception of the workers of different organizations in this pandemic situation, that is to say, how it has affected them in relation to stress and therefore their general health, the instruments applied were: Perceived Stress Scale (10 items) and the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire. The results of this work gave us a Cronbach alpha of α = .85 of reliability which indicates that this study is reliable, likewise 60% of the population report that they have felt stress due to COVID-19, as well as 42% of the population state that they have perceived factors or symptoms that affect their mental health to some degree.

scholarly journals A Sapientia EMTE marosvásárhelyi kar hallgatóinak egészségmagatartása és mentális állapota

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (31) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Réka Lukács-Márton ◽  
Ágnes Sántha ◽  
János Kiss ◽  
Réka Majer ◽  
Bernadett Mohácsi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

A kutatás célja: Vizsgálatunk célpontjában a Sapientia Erdélyi Magyar Tudományegyetem Marosvásárhelyi Kar hallgatóinak jólléte, pszicho-szociális jellemzői, mentális állapota és egészségmagatartása áll. Módszerek: Vizsgálatunk eszköze egy standardizált kérdőív, melyet a 2018-2019-es tanév őszi félévében alkalmaztunk. A kérdőív az következő standardizált kérdőíveket is magába foglalta: Önértékelési Kérdőív (RSESH), Életcél Kérdőív (Purpose in Life Test – PIL), Észlelt stressz-kérdőív (Perceived Stress Scale – PSS4), Lelki egészség (General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-12). A vizsgálatban 206 hallgató vett részt a Sapientia EMTE Marosvásárhelyi Karáról. Eredmények: Az alacsony önértékelésű hallgatók gyakrabban fogyasztanak alkoholt, mint az egészséges önértékeléssel rendelkező társaik. Azok a hallgatók fogyasztanak több alkoholt, akik több pszichés problémával rendelkeznek, mint a társaik. Az alacsonyabb önértékelésű hallgatók gyakrabban fogyasztanak alkoholt a lerészegedésig, mint a normális önértékelést mutató társaik. A testedzés védő faktornak bizonyult az egészségmagatartás tekintetében, így akik aktívan sportolnak, jobb mentális állapotnak és alacsonyabb stressz-szintnek örvendenek, mint a keveset sportoló társaik. A pszichés állapot társadalmi meghatározottságát adataink is alátámasztják.

Mental Health in Medical Students a Case Control Study Using the 60 Item General Health Questionnaire

2000 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A J. Carson ◽  
S. Dias ◽  
A. Johnston ◽  
M. A. McLoughlin ◽  
M. O'Connor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
General Health ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Control Study

This paper describes a cross-sectional case control study to measure the prevalence of psychological morbidity in first year medical students and compare it to the prevalence in in a randomly selected control group of other first year students at Edinburgh University. The study was conducted anonymously using the 60 item General Health Questionnaire. Participation rates were over 90% in both subjects and controls. A total of 17% of medical students had symptoms of psychological morbidity which may benefit from treatment and a further 29% of medical students had symptoms of psychological distress which would be expected to remit spontaneously. A similar rate was found in the control group of students. This suggests that if medical students or doctors, later in their careers, fare badly in terms of mental health then this may well be related to aspects of their lives and is not an intrinsic characteristic.

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