Amanya Sharon Bright, Nakitende Joyce, Ngabirano Tom Denis
Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences Makerere University Kampala Uganda.
Nurs Open. 2017 Dec 4;5(1):70-76. doi: 10.1002/nop2.113. eCollection 2018 Jan.
To assess prevalence of stress and its sources among undergraduate health professional students at Makerere University.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study using quantitative methods of data collection.
The study was conducted among 258 undergraduate health professional students (Medical, Dental and, Nursing students) at Makerere University. From each programme, students were recruited proportionately, while being selected conveniently from each year of study. Stress was measured using the General Health Questionnaire 12 and stressors assessed using a questionnaire developed from literature. After obtaining ethics approval, data were collected from consenting students. Data collected were analysed using SPSS statistical program.
The prevalence of stress was found to be 57.4% and stressors of academic and psychosocial origin were most frequently reported. The top stressors included; academic curriculum (38%), dissatisfaction with class lectures (30.9%), long distance walk (29.5%), lack of time for recreation (28.9%), performance in examination (28.3%), lack of special guidance from faculty (26.7%) and high parental expectations (26.7%).
评估马凯雷雷大学本科健康专业学生的压力患病率及其来源。
这是一项采用定量数据收集方法的描述性横断面研究。
该研究在马凯雷雷大学的258名本科健康专业学生（医学、牙科和护理专业学生）中进行。从每个专业中按比例招募学生，同时从每个学习年份中方便地选取。使用一般健康问卷12来测量压力，并使用从文献中开发的问卷来评估压力源。在获得伦理批准后，从同意参与的学生中收集数据。使用SPSS统计程序对收集到的数据进行分析。
发现压力患病率为57.4%，最常报告的压力源是学术和社会心理方面的。主要压力源包括：学术课程（38%）、对课堂讲座不满意（30.9%）、长途步行（29.5%）、缺乏娱乐时间（28.9%）、考试成绩（28.3%）、缺乏教师的特殊指导（26.7%）和父母的高期望（26.7%）。
