A study on stress levels among exam going post graduate medical students of a medical college in Telangana- A cross sectional study

Background: Mental health is an important factor in medical student’s career. But unfortunately many are suffering from some form of mental problems. Like other young adults, under graduate medical students are similarly vulnerable to turmoil due to academic and social stress which often hampers their education achievement. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of psychological morbidity (depression, anxiety, stress) among under graduate medical students and to find the association of these psychological morbidity with personal dataMethods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore among Under-graduates medical students during November 2016- January 2017. Sample Size was calculated to be 151. Data was collected using a self-administered, pre-designed, pre-tested anonymous questionnaire, DASS 42. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and chi-square test.Results: Out of 151 students, 80 (52.98%) were males and 71 (47.01%) were females. Out of 151, 64(42.38%) had some form of depression, 83 (54.96%) had some form of anxiety and 69 (45.69%) had some form of stress.Conclusions: It is important to detect medical students who suffer from psychological morbidity at an early stage, so that treatment in the form of counselling could be initiated.

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A cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of obesity, overweight and weight awareness among the students of a private medical college in Khulna

Mediscope ◽

10.3329/mediscope.v7i2.49449 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 103-107

Author(s):

Md Abul Hasanat ◽

Silvia Paroi ◽

Arifa Begum ◽

Umme Salma ◽

Syeda Farzana Yeasmin

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Fast Food ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Fast Food Consumption ◽

Prevalence Of Obesity

Background: Medical education is stressful throughout the whole course. Due to the medical curriculum and the examination pattern leads to psychological stress. Stressful condition leads to irregularity in diet, frequent fast food consumption & lack of exercise, each being considered as an important risk factor leading to overweight and obesity. Hence, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of obesity, overweight and weight awareness among the medical students. Objectives: Determination of BMI status of undergraduate medical students to evaluate their weight awareness, prevalence of overweight and obesity and also find out the relationship of the following risk factors with obesity & overweight; i) Opinion about self-image, ii) Physical activity and iii) Frequency of fast food consumption. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted on 131 preclinical medical students of Ad-din Akij Medical College, Khulna from January 2018 to April 2018. Height and weight of 131 preclinical students were measured and Body Mass Index was calculated and categorized according to WHO criteria. Results: Out of 131 students 62% come under normal weight category, 21% come under overweight category, 10% come under obese category and 7% come under underweight category. Conclusion: Overweight is a rising problem among the medical students. Sedentary life style and frequency of fast food consumption was high among the overweight and obese students. This study itself created awareness about their weight and promote physical activity among the medical students. Mediscope Vol. 7, No. 2: July 2020, Page 103-107

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Knowledge, Attitude and Awareness on Puberty Menorrhagia among Medical Students of Saveetha Medical College

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i50b33446 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 235-240

Author(s):

T. Sarathkumar ◽

K. Jayashree

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Statistical Tools ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Parametric Data ◽

Non Parametric

Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness on pubertal menorrhagia among medical students. Design: It was a cross-sectional study conducted at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Thandalam. Methodology: The study was carried out on 129 students comprising of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year M.B.B.S students. The students were given a pretested questionnaire and asked to fill up the questions. The responses were collected and analysed using appropriate statistical tools for parametric and non-parametric data with the help of SPSS for Windows version 22 software. Results: The knowledge of participants on pubertal menorrhagia was 58%. The participants that had a positive attitude concerning pubertal menorrhagia was 55% the awareness of participants on pubertal menorrhagia was 51% Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a definitive knowledge of pubertal menorrhagia among students. the participants showed the palpable deficit of knowledge and awareness as well. To prevent such practices knowledge, awareness must spread among the students.

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