Abstract
Various studies across the globe have emphasised that students undertaking professional courses, such as medical and dental studies, are subjected to higher stress. Excessive stress could lead to psychological problems like depression and anxiety. The objective of the current study was to assess stress among students of various professional colleges and its association with various academic, social and health-related factors. This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2011 to February 2012 among students of medical, dental and engineering colleges from the urban area of Sangli district, Maharashtra, India, using a convenience sampling technique. The calculated total sample size was 1,200. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used for the data collection. Analysis was done using percentage, the chi-square test, binary logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression. Out of the 1,224 respondents, 299 (24.4%) experienced stress. Among them 115 (38.5%), 102 (34.1%) and 82 (27.4%) were dental, medical and engineering students, respectively. There was a statistically significant association between stress and the field of education. Stress was observed in 187 (27.7%) females and 112 (20.4%) males; the association with gender was statistically significant. By applying binary logistic regression, medical studies, health and lifestyle factors, and academic factors were the significant predictors for stress. Students from all the three fields studied were exposed to stress. Academic factors were one of the most important stressors. The introduction of stress management education into the curriculum could prove useful in combatting this problem.
Highlights
Various studies across the globe have emphasised that students undertaking professional courses, such as medical and dental studies, are subjected to higher stress
Advances in Knowledge - Studies of stress among engineering students are rare, especially in India. The research in this current study addresses the issue. - This study shows that, along with academic factors, health problems and the environment of colleges and hostels can play an important role in the development of stress
The present study was undertaken in order to assess the prevalence of stress among students of medical, dental and engineering colleges, and the association of stress with various academic, social and health-related factors, in an urban area from the Sangli district of Western Maharashtra, India
Summary
Abstract: Objectives: Various studies across the globe have emphasised that students undertaking professional courses, such as medical and dental studies, are subjected to higher stress. The objective of the current study was to assess stress among students of various professional colleges and its association with various academic, social and health-related factors. ‘bad stress’, is the point at which the good stress becomes too much to bear or cope with Some signals that this change has occurred are when tension begins to build, and there is no longer any fun in the challenge or there seems to be no relief or end in sight. The present study was undertaken in order to assess the prevalence of stress among students of medical, dental and engineering colleges, and the association of stress with various academic, social and health-related factors, in an urban area from the Sangli district of Western Maharashtra, India
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