Study of Social anxiety disorder in medical students in an urban area
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
Aim and objectives: 1) To estimate prevalence of social anxiety disorder among MBBS students. 2) To study various types of SAD present in them. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted on medical students of government medical college. All MBBS students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year were included who were willing to participate. Total sample size was 150. On fixed day, after explaining about the purpose of the study, students were asked to fill pretested structured pro-forma, maintaining all the privacy. The Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) questionnaire was used to diagnose SAD among students. Mild social anxiety is considered as normal. Statistical Analysis: Analyses were done using the SPSS Version 20. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Moderate, Severe and Very Severe social anxiety disorder was clubbed together as significant Social anxiety disorder. Results: There were total 150 medical students in our study, out of them, 64 (42.67%) were males and 86 (57.33%) were females. 86(57.33%) students were belonging to age group <21 years and 64 (42.67%) students were belonging to age group >21 years. The mean age of study subjects was 20.35±1.60 years. 41 (27.33%) students were belonging to rural area and remaining to urban area. Currently 113 (75.33%) students were living at hostel and remaining students were living outside the hostel. In present study, most of the students (54%) were not having any type of social anxiety disorder. Among 47% of students who were having SAD, 27% of students were having mild SAD and 19% of students were having significant SAD, among them, most common was moderate SAD, seen in 12.67% of students followed by severe SAD seen in 5.33% of students and the least common was very severe SAD seen only in 0.67% of the students. Conclusion: There were total 150 medical students, mostly were females. 86(57.33%) students were belonging to age group <21 years. Majority of the students were belonging to urban area. Most of the students (54%) were not having any type of SAD. Mild, moderate, severe and very
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Dr. Amit J. Jogdande, Dr. Anurag Gupta
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