1Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, The Oxford Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Bangalore, India
2Professor, Department of Community Medicine, MVJ Medical College, Bangalore, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, MVJ Medical College, Bangalore, India
*Correspondence address: Dr Sudeepa, Department of Community Medicine, The oxford Medical college Hospital & Research Center, Yedavanahalli, Anekal taluk, Bangalore Phone no-9886940299, Email: sudeepa76@gmail.com
Online published on 4 July, 2016.
Stress is a reaction to a change or a strain. The change or strain can be primarily physical, such as having an illness or an injury. It can also be primarily emotional, such as being worries, upset, anxious or depressed.
To find out the proportion of stress among school children.
This study was conducted among the selected schools of Bangalore city, 1203 high school students were interviewed of which 600 students were from government schools another 603 were from private schools. Levels of stress was measured using The Holmes Rahe social maladjustment rating scale.
A total of 1203 students were interviewed of which 600 were from Government schools, 603 were from private schools. Males were 648(53.9%) and females 555(46.1%). The age of the study subjects ranged from 11 to 18 years, maximum numbers of students were in the age group of 14 years 390 (32.3%). Stress levels are as follows mild Stress 59 (4.9%) moderate Stress 27 (2.2%) and Severe Stress 2 (0.2%). It was observed that the difference in distribution of stress among both the sexes were not statistically significant (P = 0.8)
The relationship between stress and illness, while real, is complex and not a simple matter to study. Lot of research is neeeded in this area.
Stress, Depression, Life events, Adolescents
