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Perceived Stress Among Students of Private and Public Sector Medical Colleges of Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

M. Fatima ,
Z. Mehdi ,
S. Saeed ,
A. Nisar ,
M. Zain ,
J. Binte Shakir ,
I. Aamer ,
F. Arain ,
M. Jawad  and
N. Aziz
M. Fatima
Affiliation:
King Edward Medical University, Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
Z. Mehdi
Affiliation:
King Edward Medical University, Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
S. Saeed
Affiliation:
Nishter Medical University, Psychiatry, Multan, Pakistan
A. Nisar
Affiliation:
King Edward Medical University, Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
M. Zain
Affiliation:
King Edward Medical University, Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
J. Binte Shakir
Affiliation:
Nishter Medical University, Psychiatry, Multan, Pakistan
I. Aamer
Affiliation:
King Edward Medical University, Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
F. Arain*
Affiliation:
BronxCare Health System Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Bronx, United States of America
M. Jawad
Affiliation:
King Edward Medical University, Department Of Psychiatry, Lahore, Pakistan
N. Aziz
Affiliation:
Sahiwal Medical College, Physiology, Sahiwal, Pakistan
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Medical-education is associated with high overall stress and it is important to identify relevant factors.

Objectives

The study was aimed to discern the differences in perceived stress among the students of public and private medical colleges of Pakistan and to identify factors subservient to any hypothesized difference.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted at different private and public medical colleges of Pakistan using validated tools: PSS-14 (Perceived Stress Scale) to find out the levels of stress faced by each sector and MSSQ (Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire) to determine the factors associated with increased stress.

Results

Total of 424 medical students from various public and private medical colleges of Pakistan (212 each) filled the questionnaires. The mean score +/- SD of PSS-14 was 36.17 ± 6.096 for the public sector and 36.29 ±5.732 for the private sector. Hence, there was no difference between the two comparative means of PSS score, t(422)=-0.213,p=0.831.The results for both sectors were classified as high perceived stress (27-40 score is high perceived stress). Out of 40 individual stress-causing factors in MSSQ, the students from private-sector scored higher as compared to public-sector: Quota System in examination t(422)=-3.951,p=0.000, stress caused by lack of time for friends and family t(422)=-3.225,p=0.001, stress caused by Tests/Examination t(422)=-2.131,p=0.034, stress caused by the parental wish for them to study medicine t(422)=-2.346,p=0.019 and stress caused by fear of getting poor marks t(422)=-2.183,p=0.030.

Conclusions

There exists no overall difference in the perceived-stress among the medical students of public and private medical colleges despite private-sectors having significantly more operational financial resources.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

DepressionStressmedical studentspsychiatry
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S303 - S304
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