Abstract
Introduction: M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) is a challenging period for personal, academic & professional growth of a student. Resilience, the ability to regain original strengths after facing stressful situation is important while dealing with the challenges during M.B.B.S. course. Type of coping can affect resilience. This study aims to assess the resilience in M.B.B.S. students and find the correlation with coping. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on consecutively selected 250 M.B.B.S. students. Participants were interviewed with self-reporting questionnaires. Data was collected using semi-structured proforma, resilience scale and mechanisms of coping scale. Statistical analysis was done using mean, standard deviation, chi square test, t test, Pearson’s correlation, regression analysis and ANOVA wherever needed. Result: Mean resilience score was 5.02 with no significant gender differences. Resilience score was significantly higher in first & second year students and interns. Students with higher resilience score were using problem solving as a major coping. Participants with very good relationship with their family, colleagues and teachers were significantly more resilient. Those having addiction of any sort had significantly low score on resilience and problem solving coping. Participants requiring longer time to come out of stressful situation had lower score on resilience. Participants facing a stressful life situation had significantly less score on problem solving. Conclusion: Resilience is positively influenced by problem solving, better relationship with others & less academic stress. It is negatively influenced by emotion based coping, exposure to stressful situation, need of longer time to recover, addiction and higher academic stress. Keywords: Resilience, Coping, M.B.B.S. students.
Highlights
M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) is a challenging period for personal, academic & professional growth of a student
Participants who agreed that they require more time to come out of stressful situations were found to have less score on resilience (p
If interventions to increase the resilience and improving coping are planned during M.B.B.S. period, the subsequent serious psychopathology can be prevented. It can be concluded from the study that third and final year MBBS students had significantly low resilience compared to others
Summary
M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) is a challenging period for personal, academic & professional growth of a student. Participants with very good relationship with their family, colleagues and teachers were significantly more resilient Those having addiction of any sort had significantly low score on resilience and problem solving coping. Conclusion: Resilience is positively influenced by problem solving, better relationship with others & less academic stress It is negatively influenced by emotion based coping, exposure to stressful situation, need of longer time to recover, addiction and higher academic stress. Medical under graduate course is considered as very vast & exhaustive and the period of MBBS being stressful for the students.[1] Medical school is a challenging experience during which students undergo a personal change and professional growth The challenges they face during this period are varied and unique to each student’s context and experience. There are many studies in the literature focusing on assessment of burnout, depression, phobias or other psychopathology in medical undergraduate students[2,3] but the factors responsible to build the roots of positive mental health in them are seldom studied
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