scholarly journals Association of COVID-19 Pandemic with undergraduate Medical Students’ Perceived Stress and Coping

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 871-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani ◽  
Kamran Sattar ◽  
Tauseef Ahmad ◽  
Ashfaq Akram
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
And Coping

Perceived Stress and Coping Profile of Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohan Kalra ◽  
Narayan R Mutalik ◽  
Vinod A ◽  
Shankar Moni ◽  
S B Choudhari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
And Coping

Background: In the current competitive world, every student’s life is very stressful due to various factors like studies, exams, batch mates, lecturers or pressure by parents. Stress is sometimes called as the wear and tear experienced by everyone’s body because we need to adjust to the ever changing environment. Objective: Aim was to assess the perceived stress and coping profile among undergraduate medical students in Bagalkot. A total of 100 undergraduate students from S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot were included based on systematic random sampling test methods. Each enrolled student was given two self-rating questionnaires-Perceived Stress Scale and Brief Cope Inventory. Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact were used for analysis. Result: Majority of study participants had belonged to very high health concern level followed by high health concern level. Most of the participants used self-distraction and active coping strategy. Perceived stress was not associated with sex, religion, place of domicile or type of the family. Conclusion: The effect of stress depends on the way it is perceived. The coping strategies are usually influenced by socioeconomic and cultural characteristics. So they vary from individuals to individuals. Students who are stressed must receive counseling on how to manage and cope up with the stress. We need to enforce early interventions strategies to improve the quality of life of each student by reducing the stress.

scholarly journals Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Medical Students Enrolled in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira S. Bamuhair ◽  
Ali I. Al Farhan ◽  
Alaa Althubaiti ◽  
Sajida Agha ◽  
Saeed ur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
And Coping

Background. Medical education is rated as one of the most difficult trainings to endure. Throughout their undergraduate years, medical students face numerous stressors. Coping with these stressors requires access to a variety of resources, varying from personal strengths to social support. We aimed to explore the perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies employed by medical students studying in a problem-based learning curriculum. Methodology. This is a cross-sectional study of randomly selected medical students that explored demographics, perceived stress scale, sources of stress, and coping strategies. Results. Of the 378 medical students that participated in the study, males were 59.3% and females 40.7%. Nearly 53% of the students often felt stressed, and a third felt that they could not cope with stress. Over 82% found studying stressful and 64.3% were not sleeping well. Half of the students reported low self-esteem. Perceived stress scores were statistically significantly high for specific stressors of studying in general, worrying about future, interpersonal conflict, and having low self-esteem. Coping strategies that were statistically significantly applied more often were blaming oneself and being self-critical, seeking advice and help from others, and finding comfort in religion. Female students were more stressed than males but they employ more coping strategies as well. Conclusions. Stress is very common among medical students. Most of the stressors are from coursework and interpersonal relationships. Low self-esteem coupled with self-blame and self-criticism is quite common.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS DURING PRE AND POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN.

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-32
Author(s):  
Neha Farheen Mushtaq ◽  
Shiva Kumar B K. ◽  
Vinay HR. ◽  
Bramaramba D Honnugudi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
T Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Coping

Background: Medical students are facing huge challenge due to COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted their learning and has become vital stressor and affecting their psychological well-being. The objective of this study was to assess the perception of the stress among the undergraduate medical students and their coping strategies pre and post lockdown. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 321 undergraduate medical students at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, India. This study was initiated after getting approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee. After obtaining consent the extent of the students stress was assessed using Perceived Stress Scale and Brief COPE was used to assess their coping strategies. Scores were analysed using paired t test in Microsoft excel/ SPSS software. Results: On paired 't' t test the mean difference in total score was 0.68 and the p value was 0.166 for scores of perceived stress scale, similarly the mean difference in scores of sub groups under coping strategies was 0.90 and 0.49 with 'p' value 0.173 and 0.498 respectively. Conclusion: Overall, there was not much of difference in scores of perceived stress scale and coping strategies before and after lockdown. Except for minor difference across age group and scores of specic coping strategies which was again not statistically signicant.

scholarly journals Psychological morbidity, sources of stress and coping strategies among undergraduate medical students of Nepal

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy ◽  
Pathiyil R Shankar ◽  
VS Binu ◽  
Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Biswabina Ray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Psychological Morbidity ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN STUDENTS AT A PRIVATE MEDICAL COLLEGE IN ISLAMABAD

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1676-81
Author(s):  
Sawera Mansoor ◽  
Nadia Azad ◽  
Usama Bin Zubair ◽  
Khalid Hayat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
And Coping

Objective: To determine the association of perceived stress and coping strategies with depressive symptoms in students at a private medical college in Islamabad. Study Design: Correlational study. Place and Duration of Study: Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, from Jun to Dec 2019. Methodology: Fourth and Final year medical students of Foundation university medical college were enrolled in the study. Beck’s Depression Inventory was used to assess the depressive symptoms, perceived stress scale (PSS) was the tool used to look for the perceived stress and the coping strategies were assessed using the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems experienced (Brief COPE) Inventory. The association of perceived stress and coping strategies with depressive symptoms and other sociodemographic factors was established with the help of the chi-square test. Results: Out of 262 medical students included in the study, 211 (80.5%) had none or mild depressive symptoms while 51 (19.5%) had moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Sixty-six (25.2%) had low stress, 127 (48.4%) had moderate stress while 69 (26.3%) reported high stress levels. Pearson chi-square test revealed that perceived stress and the coping strategies used including self-distraction, active coping, denial, substance use, behavioural disengagement, positive reframing, acceptance, religion/spirituality and self-blaming had a statistically significant relationship with the presence of depressive symptoms among the target population. Conclusion: Considerable number of medical students had the presence of moderate to severe depressive symptoms in our study. Perceived stress and some specific kinds of coping strategies had a significant association with the presence of depressive symptoms among the target.......

scholarly journals COVID-19 as a Stressor: Pandemic Expectations, Perceived Stress, and Negative Affect in Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda R Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Objectives The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is appraised as a stressor influences perceived stress (PS) and psychological well-being during the event. Here, the association of older adults’ expectations concerning the pandemic’s duration and impact with PS and negative affect (NA) is investigated. Based on the stress and coping framework, PS is expected to mediate the association between COVID-19 expectations and NA. Methods Seven hundred fourteen residents of the United States and aged 60 and older completed an anonymous online survey in late March 2020 reporting PS, NA, and expectations regarding the pandemic. Results Regression analyses controlling for demographic factors revealed that more dire pandemic expectations significantly predicted PS and NA directly, and the effects on NA were significantly mediated by PS. Discussion Findings provide evidence that expectations about a pandemic influence the extent to which older adults experience stress and NA in the midst of a pandemic event. Implications for mental health are discussed.

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