A cross-sectional assessment of stress, coping, and burnout in the final-year medical undergraduate students

Medical students undergo significant stress during training which may lead to own suffering or problem in patient care. High level of burnouts and depression is also not uncommon. The transition from preclinical to clinical training has been regarded as crucial to student in relation to the stress....

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Published in:Industrial psychiatry journal 2016-07, Vol.25 (2), p.179-183
Main Authors: Singh, Shantanu, Prakash, Jyoti, Das, R C, Srivastava, Kalpana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anxiety
Burnout
College students
Coping
Core curriculum
Curricula
Depression, Mental
general psychopathology
Medical colleges
Medical education
Medical residencies
Medical students
Mental disorders
Original
perceived stress
Physicians
Population
Professionals
Psychology, Pathological
Psychopathology
Questionnaires
Stress
Stress (Psychology)
Stress management
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Summary:Medical students undergo significant stress during training which may lead to own suffering or problem in patient care. High level of burnouts and depression is also not uncommon. The transition from preclinical to clinical training has been regarded as crucial to student in relation to the stress. An assessment of perceived stress and its relation to general psychopathology, the pattern of coping, and burnout in the final-year medical student was done to bring out clear nature, pattern, and extent of the problem. Perceived stress had statistically significant association with general psychopathology and depressive-anxiety component of burnout. Acceptance, positive reframing, humor, planning, and active coping correlated with lower score on perceived stress. Higher score on perceived stress was associated with higher scores on general psychopathology and burnout. Age of joining MBBS course and doctor in the family did not affect the stress significantly. People who displayed positive coping strategies had lesser stress and general psychopathology.
ISSN:0972-6748
0976-2795
DOI:10.4103/ipj.ipj_68_16