Professional College Students Research Articles

Level of Stress and its Causes in Indian Engineering Colleges and in Different Professional Colleges Belonging to One of the Universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Compared to Control

BACKGROUND
 Stress in life can deteriorate the physical and mental health of a person. Stress is higher among medical college students. The present study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence and causes of stress in different professions, in different countries, and different sexes to compare with the control and suggest possible solutions for the same in the future.
 METHODS
 A cross-sectional study was undertaken among different professional college students (PCS) (Medical, Engineering, Dental, Pharmacy, and Nursing) at a randomly selected King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia with control from the same university. A similar study was conducted at one rural engineering college and one urban engineering college in India. The level of stress was assessed using the perceived stress scale (1983). Data was collected, tabulated, and analyzed using Excel and SPSS software. Complete data was available from 426 PCS at KFU, including 120 students from rural engineering colleges in India and 31 students from urban engineering colleges in India. A total of 60 controls were taken from non-professional colleges in SA.
 RESULTS
 The overall prevalence of stress was high in all PCS, and it varied from 65.33% to 87.10% in different PCS. The causes of stress were a vast and difficult syllabus, pattern of exams, lack of counselling and guidance, fewer co-curricular activities, etc. Stress in nonprofessional control was 30.00%.
 CONCLUSIONS
 The incidence of stress is more in different professional college students irrespective of colleges, countries and sex compared to control. The causes of stress among all these students are similar. So the planning and managements for professional colleges must take it seriously. These issues can be solved by providing more teaching and learning facilities, creating a relaxing atmosphere within the college, changing the patterns of examinations, regular counselling, inclusion of recreations like cultural activities, educational tours, music, sports, etc. along with the curriculum. All these things might create more and more healthy and educated professionals to serve our society.

Daytime-sleepiness, factors affecting sleep and sleep-quality among professional college students of South India - A correlative study

IntroductionSleep is a vital function that helps the body and mind to get recharge. Good sleep assists the body to remain healthy and expanse itself from diseases. Decreased hours of sleep and sleep quality directly impact the way of life a person lives, especially for a student. ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess and find the relationship between daytime sleepiness, factors affecting sleep, and sleep quality among students studying in professional colleges. MethodsA correlational study was conducted among 400 professional college students from selected colleges in south Karnataka, India. Data was collected using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and a structured questionnaire to assess the factors affecting sleep. ResultsThe study revealed that 192 (47.8%) of professional college students rated moderate excessive daytime sleepiness, and 220 (55%) of students had poor quality of sleep. There is a strong correlation found between sleep quality and daytime sleepiness (r = 0.569, p= <0.001), and a weak relationship between sleep quality and lifestyle and habitual factors (r = 0.201, p= <0.001), and environmental factors affecting sleep (r = 0.235, p=<0.001) while a week relationship was found between daytime sleepiness and psychological factors affecting sleep (r = 0.20, p=<0.001). ConclusionThe study highlighted the need to focus on creating strategies to help professional students with poor sleep quality to improve their sleep quality and quality of life. Thus, an informational booklet on sleep hygiene practices was provided to the students.

Knowledge, Awareness and Opinion Related to Sickle Cell Disease Among the Professional College Students of Amravati, Maharashtra

The aim of this study is to investigate the awareness, clinical manifestations, treatment and populations at risk of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) amongst the professional college students of Amravati district. This study was also focus on knowledge about carriers (HbAA) and sufferers (HbSS). The total 842 students from technical streams such as engineering, pharmacy and biotech were enrolled. All participants were assessed on their general knowledge of the disease. The structured questionnaire containing the questions on origin, prevalence, incidences, life expectancy, painful crisis, counseling methods, treatments, management, attitude and behavior towards SCD were provided to all participants. The results had shown that, only 144(17.1%) subjects were found to be known about SCD. Out of them, 56(38.8%) individuals had appreciable knowledge, 80(55.5%) had limited knowledge and 8(5.5%) had marginal knowledge of SCD. The 30.5%(n=44) respondents were known about need of blood transfusion and 18.75%(n=27) participants had knowledge of interrelation between sickle cell anemia and the disease jaundice be an important clinical complaint in SCD. 25.69% (n=37) respondents known to have about intimate relationship between sickle cell disease and pain crisis. Majority of respondents (512/842) was believed that, people should have knowledge and awareness about the genetic diseases that helps to restrict its further spread. Keywords: Sickle cell disease, Professional college, Amravati, Maharashtra

Personality Traits and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Individuals with Internet Use Disorder - A Cross-sectional Study

Abstract Aim: The aim is to evaluate the association of personality traits, online activities, and psychiatric comorbidities with the Internet use disorder. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 481 professional college students (18–25 years) pursuing graduation. Participants responded to an online questionnaire consisting of Young’s Internet addiction test, Internet Gaming Disorder scale-short form, Big Five inventory and behavioral inhibition system/behavioral activation system scales (BIS/BAS) scales, and subsequent in-clinic evaluation using MINI 7.0.2 questionnaire. Results: Of 481 college students, 175 (36.38%) had Internet use disorder. Of these, 115 were found to have mild, 57 moderate, and 3 severe Internet use disorders with a mean age of 20.85 ± 1.84 years and sex ratio of M:F: 0.9:1. The prevalence of Internet gaming disorder was found to be 0.42%. On multivariate logistic regression, use of chat rooms (odds ratio [OR] - 1.24), instant messaging (OR - 1.33), Internet gaming (OR - 1.25), and recreational surfing (OR - 1.25) were independent predictors for Internet use disorder. Among the personality traits, on multivariate logistic regression, neuroticism (OR - 1.06) and openness to experience (OR - 1.09) were positive predictors for the presence of Internet use disorder and moderate–severe Internet use, while conscientiousness (OR - 0.87) was negative predictor. 19.4% (34/175) of students had psychiatric comorbidities (1 comorbidity – 21 students, &gt;1 comorbidities – 13 students); the most common being major depression (alone or in combination). Conclusions: In this study, neuroticism and openness to experience were found to be predictors of Internet use disorder as well as moderate–severe Internet use. In addition, the use of chat rooms, instant messaging, online gaming, and recreational surfing was associated with higher Internet use disorder. A large proportion of psychiatric comorbidities with Internet use disorder were found.

Combined with multi-objective optimization algorithm of college art professional college students’ social practice nurturing function and realization way

Abstract Participating in social practice can help guide young people to better realize the unity of knowledge and action, learning to use, in order to be able to “gain what it can’t”, so this paper on how to better realize the social practice of college students to explore. First of all, this paper comprehends the structure and mechanism of college students’ social practice and researches the function of social practice through the operation mechanism of college students’ social practice. Then, based on the goal of solving the problems existing in social practice, the problem of multi-objective optimization is proposed, and the NSGA-II algorithm is optimized by adding the NDX operator and adaptive adjustment of the variation operator so as to solve the multi-objective optimization problem. The proposal for achieving social practice is made from three aspects: curriculum, theme, and research. Finally, the performance of the algorithm, the effect of social practice, and the optimization effect of social practice are analyzed through empirical evidence and algorithmic experiments. The results show that the range of the offspring using the NDX operator is between −1.75 and 3, the maximum number of occurrences of the offspring individuals are all around 2500, and the best comprehensive performance of HV and IGD are 0.93 and 0.11, respectively. The gains of ideological and moral literacy, personal ability enhancement as well and the practice object before optimization are all within 4.5, and the enhancement of the three conditions after optimization is around 0.7.

Physical Education Teaching Design to Cultivating College Students' Cooperative Learning Ability Under the Internet Environment

The Internet environment is a place for college students in the new era to use various tools and information resources and cooperate and support each other. Various universities apply the network environment as an auxiliary tool to the teaching process. As a brand-new learning method, cooperative learning in the Internet environment is an effective way to realize the lifelong transformation and socialization of learning. This paper expounds the Internet environment university physical education students cooperative learning ability to improve the importance of learning and influence, and analyzes the college students in the Internet environment physical education cooperative learning problems and reasons: lack of cooperative learning consciousness, cooperative learning ability is weak, learning resources are limited, and put forward the measures based on network environment to cultivate sports students cooperative learning ability. Under the joint action of teachers and the Internet environment, it helps sports professional college students to develop the awareness of cooperative learning and improve the ability of cooperative learning.

Smoking among professional college students: Consumption and risk factors

People from age groups 16–22 years old show the highest inclination towards smoking which places colleges and universities in the unique position to employ restrictive methods to create a smoke-free campusand also impart youth towards tobacco free lifestyle.The present study was conducted through a survey-based questionnaire to assess the prevalence, knowledge, attitude, behavior and interpersonal factors related to the use of tobacco among university students.

The Association of Problematic Online Gaming Behavior With Mental Well-Being and Depressive Symptoms Among Students of Professional Colleges in Rishikesh.

Background and objectiveExcessive online gaming is becoming a behavior pattern, and it has been recently classified as a medical illness and added to the International Classification of Diseases-11 (ICD-11), termed as "gaming disorder". This condition can be severe enough to result in significant impairment in psychological health. In light of this, we conducted this study to analyze the relationship between problematic online gaming and mental well-being among students of professional colleges in Rishikesh.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among professional college students in Rishikesh on problematic online gaming behavior (POGB). The Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire-Short Form (POGQ-SF) was used to assess POGB among the participants. The five-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used to assess mental well-being and depressive symptoms respectively.ResultsThe prevalence of POGB was 27.4% among our cohort, and its association with mental well-being as well as depressive symptoms was statistically significant. The study participants with poor mental well-being and mild or moderate to moderately severe depressive symptoms had higher odds of developing POGB.ConclusionPOGB has been recently identified as a behavioral addiction and it is often neglected. A significant proportion of the study participants exhibited problematic gaming behavior.

Evaluation of relationship between stress and periodontal disease in different professional college students.

Background:To evaluate the association between stress and periodontitis in different professional college students.Subjects and Methods:The study was conducted in 360 professional college students which includes Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing, Engineering, and Chartered Accountancy. From each group, 60 students were included in the study. Self-reported Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale questionnaire was given to all the students and clinical examination was conducted in all the participants to assess the Oral hygiene index - simplified (OHI-S), clinical attachment level (CAL), and Gingival Index Simplified (GI-S).Statistical Analysis:Statistics was performed using the ANOVA test, post hoc test, and Pearson correlation test to compare the psychological parameter of stress with periodontal parameters among six groups of students. P <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results:Group I showed higher mean stress scores (10.78 ± 0.76) compared to other groups. The mean OHI-S (1.61 ± 0.15), mean CAL (3.68 ± 0.79), and mean GI-S (1.43 ± 0.15) scores also increased with elevated stress levels among medical students. Followed by Group VI and Group II showed almost similar results.Conclusion:The present study showed strong association between stress and periodontal disease and have an adverse effect over oral hygiene factors among the students.

A study of selfie-taking in professional college students

: Advances in technology are leading to a new way of addictive behaviour in humankind. One among them is clicking selfies. This is leading to a lot of worries in the researcher that, considering this with association with psychological changes which are being labeled as a particular disease or disorder. Even though many have concluded that excessive use is a psychological disorder. Here it's an attempt to see the selfie clicking behaviour in students. : All the students of the professional colleagues who are above 18 years of age and having smartphones were briefed about the study. And only those individuals willing to be a part of the study and gave consent were included in this study. Questionnaires were designed and validated before giving the forms to the students. Anonymities of these participants are well maintained and kept confidential.: Study participants have answered all the questionnaires and the majority of them were answering that they are clicking selfies definitely in less than a month from the last selfie. Reasons quoted for these are getting ready and send the location to other family or friends. And it also included the group who even taken these selfies to check the quality of the camera in their smartphone. Clicking selfies is a routine event for the study participants in our study.However there was no psychological precipitating factor in these individuals; taking selfies within a month fromthe previous selfie, and informing the other folks about their status was attributed to information sharing about the status. However, the participants mentioned that the quality of the smart phone camera was one of the reasons why they were clicking these selfies.

Hope, optimism, gratitude, and wellbeing among health professional minority college students

Objectives To (1) describe the level of hope, optimism, and gratitude in a sample of minority health professional college students. (2) To examine the association between hope, optimism, and gratitude with wellbeing domains. Participants: One hundred and thirty-two (n = 132) college students from the Nursing, Medicine, and Allied Health programs. Methods: Cross-sectional survey study assessed wellbeing across the five domains of positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. Results: Mean and Standard Deviation on hope, optimism, and gratitude were 50.2 ± 5.6; 21.7 ± 4.34; and 36.3 ± 5.35, respectively. Hope, optimism, and gratitude were positively associated with domains of wellbeing, controlling for gender and age. Conclusion: Students maintained a positive outlook in life. Hopeful, op6timistic, and grateful students experienced positive emotion, were more engaged in their daily activities, had more supportive relationships, had a better sense of direction in life, and more often accomplished their goals. Interpretations and future directions are discussed.

전시회 웹사이트의 브랜디드 콘텐츠 특성이 전시회에 대한 신뢰, 애착 및 참가의도에 미치는 영향

This study analyzes whether the emotions of visitors who come into contact will be affected with the branded contents exhibition towards the trust and affection of the exhibition. The target group focuses on the exhibition professional college students who have visited the exhibition, and the visitors of the Seoul International Young Children Education & Kids Fair. Smart PLS 2.0 is used in structural equation.BR The hypothesis verification results show that the similarity and indirectness of branded contents on the exhibition website cannot affect the cognitive trust but can have an impact on the affective trust of the exhibition. In addition, creativity and informativity of the branded contents can have an impact on the cognitive trust of the exhibition but they cannot affect the affective trust of the exhibition.BR Moreover, both the cognitive trust affection of the exhibition can affect the participation of the exhibition, however, affective trust cannot.

Relationship Between Difficulties Encountered in School Life or Daily Life by Professional Training College Students and Their Sources of Advice.

This study attempted to clarify issues regarding difficulties in school life perceived by professional training college students and educational support systems for students including possible developmental disabilities. We surveyed 953 students enrolled at 9 professional training colleges in Japan by using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to investigate difficulties during school life, help-seeking preferences, and self-esteem. Difficulties were investigated by using the Self-Cognitive Difficulties Scale, help-seeking preferences were assessed with the Help-Seeking Preferences Scale, and self-esteem was assessed by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. We also investigated the relationship between the Self-Cognitive Difficulties Scale and the sources of advice used by students. Responses were obtained from 863 students, and those of 775 students were considered to be valid. In terms of learning scenarios, 271 students (35.0%) responded that written examinations caused the most difficulties. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Help-Seeking Preferences Scale were negatively correlated with the Self-Cognitive Difficulties Scale. With respect to the relationship between sub-factors of the Self-Cognitive Difficulties Scale and sources of advice, the students who asked specialists for advice had significantly higher scores for the factors of interpersonal relationships and reading/writing, as well as significantly higher scores for impulsivity and learning-related difficulties. The students who asked their previous high school teachers for advice had significantly higher scores for inattention and reading/writing. Furthermore, the students who asked senior students in the same department for advice had a significantly higher score for learning-related difficulties. Our results suggested that professional training college students with a high Self-Cognitive Difficulties Scale score are more likely to choose a specialist as the source of advice. When providing educational support to professional training college students, it is important to consider the possibility that their sources of advice might differ depending on their individual self-perceived difficulty characteristics.

A Study on Substance Abuse among Professional College Students of Northern Western Rajasthan

A Study on Substance Abuse among Professional College Students of Northern Western Rajasthan

Seroprevalence of Typhoid in Indian Regions: Tertiary Care Hospitals & Diagnostic Laboratories-Based Study

Background: Internet usage has been rapidly increasing among the general population in the modern era. India has been ranked fourth among highest number of internet users next to China, U.S and Japan. Even though the internet provides better opportunities for communication, information and social interaction, its excessive use leads to addictive behavior with mental health implications. Taking this into consideration we conducted a study to assess the prevalence and levels of internet addiction and to determine the behavior aspects among professional college students. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 600 undergraduate students of medical, dental and nursing colleges from December 2017 to March 2018 by using population proportion to sample size and by stratified sampling technique. Internet addiction was analyzed using internet addiction test questionnaire. Result: Among 600 students, 94.8% males were more addicted to internet than females (83.4%). Internet addiction was present in 87.5% of students. BDS students (90%) were more addicted to internet than nursing and medical college students. Internet addiction between males and females were found to be statistically significant. About 70.8% of students used internet for social networking. 58.8% of students had mild level of internet addiction and only 1.5% students had severe level of internet addiction. Among those who were addicted to internet, females had decreased outdoor activity due to internet usage, had felt sleeplessness due to late night log in and were depressed when offline. Conclusion: Internet usage has been increased among the professional college students which will also affect the physical and mental health. An awareness regarding the internet use and opportunities for recreational activities should also be created.

A cross sectional study on internet addiction among students of KMCT integrated campus

Background: College students are vulnerable for developing dependence on the Internet, more than most other segments of the society. Studies on pathological internet use in India especially Kerala are scanty. So this study was conducted to find out internet addiction among college students. Objectives: 1) To find out the prevalence of internet addiction among the college students 2) To study the pattern of internet usage among these students. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in students of four different colleges under KMCT Group of Institutions in Kozhikode, Kerala 2016-17. The data was collected by self- administering questionnaire consisting of socio demographic information, internet usage and Young’s Internet Addiction Test (YIAT). Data collected was entered in Microsoft excel and analyzed using SPSS. Prevalence of internet addiction was determined based on total score of YIAT. Result: The mean age of the study participants was 20.25±1.3SD. About 48.3% were males and 51.7% females. The mean age of computer use and internet use was 10.01 ± 3.55 years and 6.61 ± 3.13 years respectively. Prevalence of internet addiction was 77.6% in mild users and 18.4% in moderate users. 49.24% accessed internet during night time. 94.86% had internet connection in their smart phones and it was the most common device used for accessing internet. 93.1% said that internet helps in improving their academics. 43.5% visited various sites for more than ten times a month for academic purposes. 14.5% visited various sites on internet when they get time in between lecture classes and 7.1% visited different sites during an ongoing lecture. Conclusion: The results highlight the vulnerability of professional college students to internet addiction.

Impact of scholastic stress among academic learners: a pragmatic study of ug &amp; pg students in r.r. district

For many young adults, college is the best time of life. These critical years can also be undetermined by depression, anxiety and stress. Students are very likely to experience some or many stressors which may test their ability to cope: adapting to a new environment, balancing a heavy work load, making new friends, becoming more independent. Looking from a closer perspective, the college students’ encounters a number of challenges in his day to day life. The present paper examines the sources and effects of stress on the professional college students. It is hoped that the findings of the present study will assist college students to deal with stress and help advance knowledge on coping strategies to face life stress. This paper is to investigate the sources of stress among college students pursuing B. Tech, B. Pharmacy, MBA, MCA etc., in select colleges from Moinabad mandal, R.R. District, Telangana State. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect research data. Research findings suggested that male students feel stronger stress from family factor than female ones; students in higher grades feel more stress from physical/mental and emotional factors

Physiologic and hygienic basis of health-saving technologies in technical and professional educational institutions

The article covers analysis of scientific and methodological literature and the authors’ research on studies of health-saving technologies in educational institutions including technical and professional educational offices. The authors presented physiologic and hygienic basis of health-saving technologies in technical and professional educational institutions, aimed to preserve and increase health state of professional technical college students, where mass occupations are mastered and active occupational fitness is formed.

An era of digital slavery: a study on internet addiction among professional college students of Hassan, Karnataka

Background: The spectacular growth of technology has made Internet use, the most popular recreational and academic activity for the college students. With the rise of new-generation gadgets, the risk of “internet addiction” is a significant issue of concern. Internet addiction leads to social and psychological problems such as depression, loneliness, low self-esteem and life satisfaction and other mental health problems and a greater impact on their academics. The objective of the study was to determine the association between internet addiction and depression and to know the effect of gender on internet addiction.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on the professional course students from Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (Government Medical College) and Government Engineering College. A total of 300 students were assessed for internet addiction using Young’s internet addiction test and depression was assessed using Beck’s depression inventory-II.Results: Out of the 300 professional college students, 173 (57.7%) were found to be internet addicted and 67 (38.7%) among them were found to be depressed and a statistically significant association (p&lt;0.05, OR 3.6, 95% CI 2.02–6.39) was found. Males were found to be more addicted than females and it was statistical significant.Conclusions: Internet Addiction is common among the college students and adequate steps have to be taken to prevent the students from falling into addiction which is considered as a mental health issue. Knowledge regarding the safe use of internet has to be provided to students.

Study to assess internet usage patterns and prevalence of internet addiction among medical and engineering students of Bengaluru city

Background: Internet has become today, one of the most powerful tools for everybody, playing major roles in the life of adolescents. In tandem with the splurge in access to the Internet globally, with the rise of new-generation gadgets, the risk of “internet addiction” is emerging as a significant behavioral addiction pandemic to be tackled worldwide.Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 200 medical and engineering students, with 100 selected from each course. Data on internet usage patterns was collected by administering a semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire. Prevalence of internet addiction was estimated by using Young’s internet addiction scale.Results: The mean age of the participants was 18.85±0.197 years, among which 52% were females and 48% were males. While assessing internet usage patterns, it was found that the frequency of years of internet usage for 1-5 years was 80% (160) and that of internet use per day for 0-2 hours was 50.5% (101). Both these factors were significantly associated with internet addiction. Most common location of internet access was hostel, i.e. 51.5% (103). 93.5% (187) of students used Mobile phones and social media was found to be the main purpose for internet use which was 60% (120). Totally 67% (134) of medical and engineering students had internet addiction.Conclusions: The present study highlights the vulnerability of professional college students for internet addiction. Large scale epidemiological studies should be undertaken to assess the real problem and thereby take appropriate steps to tackle the growing problem.