Level of stress among Doctor of Physical therapy students in Karachi, Pakistan

Stress is something that disrupts one's bodily or intellectual wellbeing. Mental stress comprises of anxiety, hopelessness and signs such as insomnia, pain in head and back. Presently mental stress is a foremost root of disability wide-reaching, accounting for 1/3^rd of disability adjusted life years (DALYs). The purpose of our study was to assess the level of stress amongst DPT students in Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.

A cross-sectional Study was conducted among undergraduate DPT students studying in Dow University of Health Sciences, with the help of Non-probability purposive sampling technique. Estimated sample size was 382. The study duration was 3 months. Data was analyzed through SPSS Version 23. Pearson Chi Square Test was used to determine the degree of import between two variables.

P-Value was less than 0.5

Results of the studied showed that, out of 382 selected students, 40.1% students were found with severe stress, 38.2% students had Moderate Stress, 19.6% students had mild stress and only 2.1% students were found without any stress.

This study demonstrates a significant increase in the proportion of students with stress. Overall study showed that majority of the students had severe stress due to academic and personal reasons which they couldn't cope up.