“SAD”- A medical undergraduate centered cross-sectional study from a teaching tertiary medical institution in North east India

Cite this:
[1]
Ms. Yashika Parashar,Dr. Sharat Agarwal*,Dr. Manika Agarwal, “‘SAD’- A medical undergraduate centered cross-sectional study from a teaching tertiary medical institution in North east India”, ijmhs, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 578–588, Aug. 2019.
© 2022 Interactive Protocols
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Article Views
390
Altmetric
1
Citations
-
LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICS
   PDF  

Abstract

Background- Stress, Anxiety and Depression disorders are common problems
among the youth today especially among the students of professional courses.[1] Our
study aims to find the levels of stress, anxiety and depression among medical
students, their probable causes and suggest certain measures to control them.
Undergraduate medical education in India comprises strenuous study and training for
5.5 years. It has been reported that medical students consequently suffer from
depression, anxiety, and stress. It has been reported that healthy students develop
depression and stress after commencing their medical education. [2] The competition
for getting postgraduate training and seeking job opportunities could be an additional
trigger for psychological illness. It has also been reported that physicians tend to
have a higher suicide rate than the general population. [3]
Aim- Our study was aimed at finding stress, anxiety and depression levels amongst
MBBS students of North East India.
Methods- A total of 120 questionnaires were distributed among the MBBS Students
of different academic years out of which 108 responses were received out of which
100 were completed questionnaires and were included for the study. The remaining
20 questionnaires were either not returned or were incomplete, hence were excluded
from the study. Results-Among the mental health problems that were assessed,
anxiety disorders are the most common. Following anxiety, students are affected the
most by depression while stress disorders are the least common. Most of the students
felt that they were under academic stress and it can possibly be one of the major
reasons for anxiety and stress among them. Interestingly, it was found that the
participants felt that gender doesn’t play an important role in causing stress but the
stress, anxiety and depression levels were found to be higher or equal among the
females than the males.The students feel that drug intake and peer pressure was not
the cause for adding on to their mental stress. However, the increased usage of
internet and time spent on social media can be correlated to the increasing problems
among the students as was found in our study.
Conclusion-There is an urgent need to tackle the problem of increasing mental
health problems among medical students as emphasised through this study conducted
in a tertiary care level medical institute in the North Eastern part of India.
Key words- MBBS students, Northeast India, Stress, Anxiety, Depression

KEYWORDS:

 Special Issue

References

1.Afsar N. and Kulsoom B. (2015).Stress, anxiety, and depression among medical students in a multiethnic setting. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, p.1713. 2.World Health Organization. (2017).World Health Organization. [online] Available at: http://www.who.int/en/ [Accessed 8 Aug. 2017]. 3.http://www.apa.org.(2017). American Psychological Association (APA). [online] Available at: http://www.apa.org/ [Accessed 8 Aug. 2017]. 4.Marcus M, Yasamy MT, vanOmmeren M, Chisholm D, Saxena S. Depression, A Global Public Health Concern. Geneva: World Health Organization; [Accessed July 13, 2014]. Availablefrom:http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/who_paper_depression_ wfmh_2012.pdf. 5.Henning K, Ey S, Shaw D.Perfectionism, the imposter phenomenon and psychological adjustment in medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy students. Med Educ. 1998;32:456–464. 6.Al-Dabal BK, Koura MR, Rasheed P,Al-Sowielem L, Makki SM. A comparative study of perceived stress among female medical and non-medical university students in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Sultan QaboosUniv Med J. 2010;10(2):231–40. 7.Brenneisen Mayer F., Souza Santos I.,Silveira P., Itaqui Lopes M., de Souza A., Campos E., de Abreu B., Hoffman II I., Magalhães C., Lima M., Almeida R., Spinardi M. and Tempski P. (2016). Factors associated to depression and anxiety in medical students: a multicenter study. BMC Medical Education, 16(1).

Article Metrics Graph

Chart Graph | Range Graph

Content

Section

References

1.Afsar N. and Kulsoom B. (2015).Stress, anxiety, and depression among medical students in a multiethnic setting. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, p.1713.
2.World Health Organization. (2017).World Health Organization. [online] Available at: http://www.who.int/en/ [Accessed 8 Aug. 2017].
3.http://www.apa.org.(2017). American Psychological Association (APA). [online] Available at: http://www.apa.org/ [Accessed 8 Aug. 2017].
4.Marcus M, Yasamy MT, vanOmmeren M, Chisholm D, Saxena S. Depression, A Global Public Health Concern. Geneva: World Health Organization; [Accessed July 13, 2014]. Availablefrom:http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/who_paper_depression_ wfmh_2012.pdf.
5.Henning K, Ey S, Shaw D.Perfectionism, the imposter phenomenon and psychological adjustment in medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy students. Med Educ. 1998;32:456–464.
6.Al-Dabal BK, Koura MR, Rasheed P,Al-Sowielem L, Makki SM. A comparative study of perceived stress among female medical and non-medical university students in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Sultan QaboosUniv Med J. 2010;10(2):231–40.
7.Brenneisen Mayer F., Souza Santos I.,Silveira P., Itaqui Lopes M., de Souza A., Campos E., de Abreu B., Hoffman II I., Magalhães C., Lima M., Almeida R., Spinardi M. and Tempski P. (2016). Factors associated to depression and anxiety in medical students: a multicenter study. BMC Medical Education, 16(1).

Source

License

All paper submissions must carry the following duly signed by all the authors:
“I certify that I have participated sufficiently in the conception and design of this work and the analysis of the data (wherever applicable), as well as the writing of the manuscript, to take public responsibility for it. I believe the manuscript represents valid work. I have reviewed the final version of the manuscript and approve it for publication. Neither has the manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under my authorship been published nor is being considered for publication elsewhere, except as described in an attachment. Furthermore I attest that I shall produce the data upon which the manuscript is based for examination by the editors or their assignees, if requested.”