Ebrahim Omnya S, Sayed Hanan Ali, Rabei Samah, Hegazy Nelly
Department of Community, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Public Health, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt.
J Public Health Res. 2024 Feb 3;13(1):22799036241227891. doi: 10.1177/22799036241227891. eCollection 2024 Jan.
Medical students are prone to high levels of perceived stress and anxiety, which can negatively impact their academic performance, as well as their physical and mental health. This study aimed to assess the main stressors, levels of perceived stress and anxiety, and their predictors among medical students.
A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 1696 medical students at Helwan University. A cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate their perceived stress, stressors, and anxiety using the Perceived Stress Scale, Medical Students Stressor Questionnaire, and Beck Anxiety Inventory, respectively.
Approximately 93% of medical students experienced moderate to high levels of stress, while 54.9% of medical students experienced moderate to concerning levels of anxiety. The main stressors were academic, teaching, social, intrapersonal, group activity, and desire-related stressors. Risk factors associated with higher perceived stress included being female, young age, living away from the family, obtaining lower academic percentages, having psychiatric, neurological, or other chronic medical illnesses, and experiencing higher levels of academic, intrapersonal, drive, and group activities-related stressors. Risk factors for higher anxiety included being female, residing in rural areas, having psychiatric, neurological, or other chronic medical illnesses, perceiving a high level of stress, and experiencing higher levels of academic, intrapersonal, and social-related stressors.
The findings indicate that a significant proportion of medical students experience various levels of stress and anxiety. These results underscore the urgent need for a stress management program, to help medical students to cope with different stressors.
医学生容易出现较高水平的感知压力和焦虑，这会对他们的学业成绩以及身心健康产生负面影响。本研究旨在评估医学生的主要压力源、感知压力和焦虑水平及其预测因素。
采用结构化问卷从赫尔万大学的1696名医学生中收集数据。设计了一项横断面研究，分别使用感知压力量表、医学生压力源问卷和贝克焦虑量表来评估他们的感知压力、压力源和焦虑。
约93%的医学生经历了中度到高度的压力，而54.9%的医学生经历了中度到令人担忧的焦虑水平。主要压力源包括学业、教学、社交、人际、团体活动和欲望相关的压力源。与较高感知压力相关的风险因素包括女性、年龄较小、远离家人居住、学业成绩较低、患有精神、神经或其他慢性疾病，以及经历较高水平的学业、人际、动力和团体活动相关的压力源。较高焦虑的风险因素包括女性、居住在农村地区、患有精神、神经或其他慢性疾病、感知到高水平的压力，以及经历较高水平的学业、人际和社交相关的压力源。
研究结果表明，相当一部分医学生经历了不同程度的压力和焦虑。这些结果强调了迫切需要一个压力管理项目，以帮助医学生应对不同的压力源。
