1Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ram Nagar, Patiala-140601, Punjab, India.
2President, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ram Nagar, Patiala-140601, Punjab, India.
3Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Subharti Medical College and Hospital, Meerut - 250002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4Intern, Department of Pharmacology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ram Nagar, Patiala-140601, Punjab, India.
Studies carried out in European and some Asian countries have shown stress to be associated with medical education. An extensive Internet search showed limited studies on stress in undergraduate medical students in India. Hence, this study was designed to study the level of stress on medical students at various intervals of time of medical education in a medical school in India.
This prospective study was conducted on 173 students in the 2nd and 3rd year of professional course. One group was of students in their 2nd professional year and second group was of students in their 3rd professional year who were supposed to appear for exams after 1 month. The students were subjected to Kessler 10 (K10) and Perceived stress scale-14 (PSS) questionnaire.
A total of 173 students were enrolled in the study with a mean K10 score of 23.96±7.33 and PSS score of 31.58±6.82. There was a significantly higher (
Our study showed that students of medical school were stressed and there was a significantly higher level of stress among students of 3rd professional year who were to appear in the exams just after 1 month.
Medical students, Stress, Kessler 10, Perceived stress scale, Education, Medical school
