Comparison of perceived stress and sources of stress in students of basic, preclinical and clinical levels of medical education.

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      Objective: To compare the stress and the sources of stress among the medical students in basic, preclinical and clinical levels of medical education. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration: Wah Medical College, from 1st to 15th August, 2018. Methodology: By Convenient sampling, data from students was collected. The students were divided into three groups, basic medical sciences (1st year), preclinical (3rd year) and clinical (Final year). They were provided with perceived stress scale (PSS-14) questionnaire along with the scale for sources of stress. Results: All the three groups (N=300) had high stress scores. The mean stress score in basic science group was significantly higher than preclinical and clinical groups (p value=0.002) Significant high stress was found in female students (60%) as compared to male students (26%). The basic science and preclinical groups had mean academic stressors significantly higher (20.2 and 20.42) as compared to clinical group (18.4). The psychosocial factors were contributing more to stress in preclinical group (26.6) as compared to basic (24.1) and clinical groups (24.6). Conclusion: High stress was found in medical students of all the three groups, with significantly high stress in basic science group as compared to clinical group. Among the sources of stress, academic burden was highest with some role of psychosocial stressors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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