Perception of Stress, Anxiety , Depression and Coping Strategies among Medical Students at Oman Medical College

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.......

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Migraine Prevalence, Characteristics, Triggers, and Coping Strategies Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders ◽

10.4088/pcc.20m02859 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Danah Aljaafari ◽

Nora Aldossary ◽

Mohammed Faisal Almuaigel ◽

Feras A. Alsulaiman ◽

Saima Nazish ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Medical Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Migraine Prevalence ◽

And Coping

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

10.36106/ijsr/2903859 ◽

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.

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Alexithymia and coping strategies among medical students

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1223 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S695-S695 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N. Messedi ◽

I. Feki ◽

B.N. Saguem ◽

R. Masmoudi ◽

J. Masmoudi

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Stress Management ◽

Stressful Events ◽

Average Score ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Ways Of Coping ◽

University Life ◽

And Coping ◽

Tas 20

IntroductionUniversity life is stressful for the student, which is characterized by disturbed emotional regulation or alexithymia. To face these stressful events he must use certain coping strategies.ObjectivesStudying the prevalence of alexithymia and exploring coping strategies among medical students, and establish the relationship between these parameters.MethodsIt was a cross-sectional study of 97 students in Sfax university medicine (Tunisia). We used:– a questionnaire containing demographic and clinical data;– Toronto alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): a score ≥61 indicates alexithymia;– WCC (Ways of Coping Checklist-r Folkman) with 3 factors: problem-focused, emotion-focused and social support coping.ResultsThe average age of participants was 24.07 years (±2.71); the sex ratio (M/W) was 0.4. They were smoking in 36.1% and sedentary in 43.3% of case. They had a nibbling activity in 57.7%. The average score of TAS-20 was 50. 92 10.46 and alexithymia was found in 16.5% of students. Alexithymia was significantly correlated with smoking (P = 0.003) and physical inactivity (P = 0.025). Most students (72.2%) opted for problem-focused ways of coping with a highest score at WCC = 29.21. A significant correlation was found between alexithymia and coping strategy with emotion-focused (P = 0.02). The TAS score was significantly higher among students who resort to this ways of coping = 26.11. (P = 0.002).ConclusionThis study explored the role of alexithymia in stress management ubiquitous in university life. A high level of alexithymia could be a detrimental factor in stress management. Psychological support aimed specifically alexithymic dimension is indispensable.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Anxiety, depression and coping strategies in post-hysterectomy Chinese women prior to discharge

International Nursing Review ◽

10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00562.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 54 (3) ◽

pp. 271-279 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

X.Q. Wang ◽

C. E. Lambert ◽

V. A. Lambert

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Chinese Women ◽

And Coping ◽

Anxiety Depression

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Perception of stress and coping strategies by medical students at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.jtumed.2013.09.006 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 30-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Mona Soliman

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Medical Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

King Saud University ◽

And Coping

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Imposter Syndrome among Pakistani Medical Students

Annals of King Edward Medical University ◽

10.21649/akemu.v23i2.1563 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Atif Qureshi ◽

Jamshad Taj ◽

Muhammad Zahid Latif ◽

Shumaila Rafique ◽

Rafique Ahmed ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Psychological Effects ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Study Objective ◽

Medical College ◽

Medical Education And Training ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

And Training

AbstractBackground: Imposter syndrome (IS) first described in 1978 is recently gaining more importance due to its long lasting, strong and detrimental implications on the Medical students as well as the institutions and society. The sufferers are competent objectively but they have a secret fear in them, that they are inadequate in the skills and knowledge and this secret will be open to others anytime. It is strongly associated with burnout phenomenon, anxiety, depression, many other psychological effects and many significant implications on medical education and training. Suffering students develop different styles of learning and find it difficult to learn through conventional or usual teaching strategies.Objectives: This study objective was to find out the frequency of IS among Pakistani medical students.Methodology: This was a cross sectional, descriptive study, conducted in a private medical college of Lahore, Pakistan in November 2016. Sampling technique was convenient non-probability type and study instrument was 08 items questionnaire. The students who answered “Yes” for five or more out of eight questions were considered positive for Imposter Syndrome.Results: Out of 143 final year MBBS students 58.7% were females & 41.3% males. Sixty eight (68) students (47.5%) were found having Imposter Syndrome according to the Young Imposter scale (YIS) used as questionnaire. Out of these 45 (53.5%) were females and 23 (38.9%) males.Conclusion: Imposter syndrome or phenomenon may be present in significant frequencies and number among medical students. This may have detrimental effects on body, mind, personalities and academic as well as professional developments. Efforts should be made to find out IS/IP among students and to train both students and teachers.

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