A study on depression, anxiety and stress among first year students at school of medical sciences, school of dental sciences and school of health sciences, Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
Changes of a students from school environments to university environments could cause a psychological, academic and social shock to them, since this educational system has big different, make them to face variety of demands such as learned in a new method, have heavy workload, living away from fa...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/60542/ http://eprints.usm.my/60542/1/SHARIFAH%20NOR%20HIADAYAH%20BINTI%20SYED%20SHAHAR%20-%20e.pdf |
| Summary: | Changes of a students from school environments to university environments
could cause a psychological, academic and social shock to them, since this educational
system has big different, make them to face variety of demands such as learned in a
new method, have heavy workload, living away from families, the relations between
students, and so on. This will make them more vulnerable to emotional disturbances
such as depression, anxiety and stress. The objectives of this study are to identify the
prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress and the main sources of stressor among
first year students at School of Medical Sciences, School of Dental Sciences and
School of Health Sciences Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan.
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-42) were used in order to meet the
objectives and about 164 of first year students were involved in this study. The overall
prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 24.3%, 62.8% and 40.2%
respectively. Between genders, the male students had significant association with
depression while, School of Health Sciences also found had significantly association
with depression. Regarding the sources of stressors, the top ten stressors decided by
the students were mainly interpersonal and intrapersonal factors. Factors including
change in living environment, increased workload, anticipation of graduation and
change in social activities can be considered as source of stressors that possible caused
for depression, anxiety and stress while, the most stressors was change in living
environment. |
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