Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms and also to determine the possible sources of stressors and their relationship with these symptoms among medical undergraduate students throughout the different stages of their study. Met...

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Main Authors:	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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spelling	iium-540402017-01-26T00:27:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54040/ Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms and also to determine the possible sources of stressors and their relationship with these symptoms among medical undergraduate students throughout the different stages of their study. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 501 students from Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia. Depression Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to assess the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and stress. The sources of stressors were identified by giving the students a list of the most possible source of stressors which were chosen depending on previous studies. Results: The overall prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 39.7 %, 65.8%, % and 37.1% respectively but it was found that 7.2%, 29.7 % and 7.4% of medical students have clinically significant depression, anxiety and stress respectively. The emotional disturbances were significantly higher among female students .Younger students aged 21years and below were experiencing significantly higher mean score of depression, anxiety and stress. Regarding the source of stressors, the top ten stressors decided by the students were mainly academic and personal factors. Conclusion: Emotional disturbances in the form of depression, anxiety and stress are existing in medical students which require early intervention. Academic and personal factors can be considered as sources of stressors that may precipitate for depression anxiety and stress. 2016-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54040/1/certificate%2018th%20johor%20mental%20conference.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54040/2/conference%20book%20cover.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54040/3/conference%20book.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54040/4/Poster.pdf Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef and Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi (2016) Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia. In: 1st Johor International Psychiatry meeting and 18th Johor mental health Convention, 20-22 April 2016, Johor. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia
description	Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms and also to determine the possible sources of stressors and their relationship with these symptoms among medical undergraduate students throughout the different stages of their study. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 501 students from Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia. Depression Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to assess the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety and stress. The sources of stressors were identified by giving the students a list of the most possible source of stressors which were chosen depending on previous studies. Results: The overall prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 39.7 %, 65.8%, % and 37.1% respectively but it was found that 7.2%, 29.7 % and 7.4% of medical students have clinically significant depression, anxiety and stress respectively. The emotional disturbances were significantly higher among female students .Younger students aged 21years and below were experiencing significantly higher mean score of depression, anxiety and stress. Regarding the source of stressors, the top ten stressors decided by the students were mainly academic and personal factors. Conclusion: Emotional disturbances in the form of depression, anxiety and stress are existing in medical students which require early intervention. Academic and personal factors can be considered as sources of stressors that may precipitate for depression anxiety and stress.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
author_facet	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
author_sort	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
title	Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia
title_short	Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia
title_full	Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia
title_sort	sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Sources of stressors and emotional disturbances among undergraduate medical students in Malaysia

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