Kumar Mukesh, Sharma Sachin, Gupta Surbhi, Vaish Supriya, Misra Rajesh
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 Jan-Mar;58(1):81-6.
Stress, a universal phenomenon, affects an individual's productivity either by increasing it ('eustress') or decreasing it ('distress'). It is widely acknowledged that the medical fraternity is predisposed to enormous stress. The same may be true for the budding medicos- the undergraduate medical students. In our study we attempted to identify situations that predisposed the medical students to stress and their effects on academic performance and to suggest certain coping mechanisms.
firstly to explore common sources of stress in medical students, secondly to establish correlation of stress, gender, attendance, and academic performance if any.
114 medical undergraduates were assessed for the common sources of stress and the level of stress using semi structured Performa and stress scale. The results were compared and correlated with various variables like attendance, demographic factors, average marks etc. Pearson correlation coefficient was used for statistical correlation amongst different variables.
RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: Stress shows beneficial effects in females when compared to males. High attendance and better day to day performance in female medical students was associated with more amount of stress when compared to male students. Thus, stress among medical students should be acknowledged and attempts should be made to alleviate it.
压力是一种普遍现象，它会通过提高个人效率（“良性压力”）或降低个人效率（“不良压力”）来影响个人的工作效率。人们普遍认为，医学界人士容易承受巨大压力。对于初出茅庐的医科学生——本科医学生来说，情况可能也是如此。在我们的研究中，我们试图确定使医学生易产生压力的情况及其对学业成绩的影响，并提出某些应对机制。
首先，探索医学生压力的常见来源；其次，确定压力、性别、出勤率和学业成绩之间是否存在相关性（若有）。
使用半结构化表格和压力量表对114名本科医学生的压力常见来源和压力水平进行评估。将结果与出勤率、人口统计学因素、平均成绩等各种变量进行比较和关联。使用皮尔逊相关系数对不同变量之间进行统计相关性分析。
与男性相比，压力对女性显示出有益影响。与男学生相比，女医学生的高出勤率和日常更好的表现与更多的压力相关。因此，应该认识到医学生中的压力问题，并应努力缓解这种压力。
