Anxiety levels in First Year MBBS Students
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
Medical students encounter multiple stresses and emotional challenges from their beginning to a young knowledgeable physician. As far as academic stressors are concerned, academic performance especially in the First Professional, examination criteria dissatisfaction and being overburdened with test schedule were significantly associated with anxiety, which is the case in a number of other studies as well, suggesting academic stressors as being a source of psychological distress among medical students. So the objective of the study was to assess the levels of anxiety among medical students in our region. The study was done on 150 medical students of first year of Mamta Medical College, Khammam. Students were divided into two groups – hostellers and day scholars. Anxiety level was assessed by Hamilton anxiety scale using questionnaire. Student t test and Pearson correlation were used for comparison. The prevalence of anxiety was 31.3% among males and 62.8% among females. The difference in mean values for anxiety score in male hostellers and male day scholars was not significant, whereas, the difference in mean value for anxiety score in female hostellers and female day scholars was highly significant. So anxiety if untreated, can lead to mental distress and have a negative impact on their cognitive functioning and learning behavior.
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Amit Vasant Desphpande
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