A cross-sectional survey of stressors and coping strategies among the first-year medical students in Kerala
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Compared to the general population medical students have to face more stress which if not handled properly may negatively affect the career of future doctors and community health drastically To counter this stress they need appropriate coping strategies Studies on stress and coping strategies among medical students in India are very few to date and show wide demographic variations in their resultsMaterials and Methods We carried out a crosssectional survey to find out stressors using a validated Medical Studentsrsquo Stressor Questionnaire MSSQ and we used Brief COPE scale to assess the coping strategies adopted by the firstyear medical students in Kerala Descriptive statistics was used to compile and summarize dataResult Most common stress inducer was found to be lsquoacademic related stressorrsquo domain in which we observed that 88 students had moderate to high level of stress In this domain more common stressors were lsquoexaminationsrsquo and lsquolarge amount of content to be learntrsquo lsquoPlanningrsquo was ranked first with mean score SD of 572 142 while lsquosubstance usersquo 207 045 was least adopted coping method by themConclusion Academic stressors were found to be the most common stressor domain in firstyear medical students Timely reduction of such stress using various measures is expected from the educators Maximum students employed constructive coping strategy ie lsquoplanningrsquo but maladaptive lsquoselfdistractionrsquo coping was also seen in substantial number of students who can be helped by guiding them for proper coping methodsKeywords Brief COPE Coping strategy MSSQ Stressor
Authors and Affiliations
Yogesh Balasaheb Gavali, Deepmala N. Deore
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