Al-Shahrani Maram M, Alasmri Bushra S, Al-Shahrani Reham M, Al-Moalwi Najwa M, Al Qahtani Amar A, Siddiqui Aesha F
Saudi Board of Preventive Medicine, Abha Sector, Abha 62583, Saudi Arabia.
Family Medicine Specialist, Abha Sector, Abha 62564, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jul 14;11(14):2029. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11142029.
Medical students are the category of academic population with the highest levels of stress. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of academic stress among medical students in Saudi Arabia and to identify its associated factors. This cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Medicine at King Khalid University, Abha. The Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) was used to evaluate the stress caused by different factors. A total of 422 medical students participated in this study. Among the participants, 115 (27.3%) were male and 307 (72.7%) were female. The highest percentage of students were perceiving moderate to severe stress due to academic-related stressors (97.1%), followed by teaching- and learning-related stressors (93.9%) and group activities-related stressors (88.3%). The lowest domain in which students perceived moderate to severe stress was drive and desire-related stressors (65.8%). The mean percentage of students who perceived moderate-to-severe stress in all domains of stressors was 85.5%. We can conclude that medical students have a high degree of stress, and we emphasize the importance of implementing stress management programs to teach students how to handle stress in order to avoid negative effects on their health and academic performance.
医学生是学术人群中压力水平最高的群体。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯医学生学术压力的患病率，并确定其相关因素。这项横断面研究在阿卜哈的哈利德国王大学医学院进行。使用医学生压力源问卷（MSSQ）来评估不同因素引起的压力。共有422名医学生参与了本研究。在参与者中，115名（27.3%）为男性，307名（72.7%）为女性。由于与学业相关的压力源，感知到中度至重度压力的学生比例最高（97.1%），其次是与教学相关的压力源（93.9%）和与小组活动相关的压力源（88.3%）。学生感知到中度至重度压力的最低领域是动力和欲望相关的压力源（65.8%）。在所有压力源领域中，感知到中度至重度压力的学生平均比例为85.5%。我们可以得出结论，医学生有高度的压力，并且我们强调实施压力管理计划以教导学生如何应对压力的重要性，从而避免对他们的健康和学业成绩产生负面影响。
