A Survey To Evaluate The Level Of Stress Among Undergraduate Medical Students In A Medical College

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Dr Shiva Devarakonda, Dr Sameer Mehrotra, Dr R K Ranyal, Dr Sunil Basukala

Background: In India, getting into the medical school is considered to be very prestigious, but the accompanying

challenges of being in medical school are largely overlooked

Aim & objectives: This study is aimed to identify various stressors leading to stress & determine the level of stress among various academic years

& gender variations.

Study design and methods: Cross–sectional questionnaire based study carried out among 402 Undergraduate students of Government Medical

College from 01 Jan to 01 Feb 2015.

Results: The major source of stress was academic related factors among which female students perceived more stress than male across all

domains. It was observed that the difference in stressors among first year & final year students were Interpersonal & Group activity related factors

respectively

Conclusion: The major contributors for stress were academics, followed by group – activities, teaching & learning and intrapersonal &

interpersonal related.