Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia

Background: This study aims to compare the prevalence of psychological distress between medical and science undergraduate students and to assess the sources of stressors that are attributing to it. Methods: A sample of 697 undergraduate students participated in this study, in which 501 were medica...

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Main Authors:	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universitas Indonesia. 2017
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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spelling	iium-580892017-08-21T04:26:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58089/ Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi R Medicine (General) RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Background: This study aims to compare the prevalence of psychological distress between medical and science undergraduate students and to assess the sources of stressors that are attributing to it. Methods: A sample of 697 undergraduate students participated in this study, in which 501 were medical students and the remaining 196 were Science students. Psychological distress was assessed using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. The students were given a list of possible sources of stress which were chosen depending on previous studies. Results: The overall prevalence of psychological distress was 32.6%. Science students showed a significantly higher rate and mean score of psychological distress than medical students, and the mean score was significantly higher during the clinical phase rather than the pre-clinical phase in medical students. Overall, female students had a significantly higher mean score than males, however although the mean score was higher in females it was only significant in the pre-clinical phase. In addition to academic and psychological stressors, factors such as reduced holidays, lack of time for relaxation, and limitation of leisure/entertainment time were among the top ten stressors reported by the students. Conclusions: Psychological distress is common among university students, and it is higher among science students than medical students. Academic and psychological factors can be considered as sources of stressors which may precipitate psychological distress among college students. Universitas Indonesia. 2017-08-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58089/1/Psychological%20Distress%20and%20Sources%20of%20Stressors%20amongst%20Medical%20and%20Science.pdf Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef and Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi (2017) Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia. Makara Journal of Health Research, 21 (2). pp. 61-67. ISSN 2356-3664 http://journal.ui.ac.id/health 10.7454/msk.v21i1.6697
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia
description	Background: This study aims to compare the prevalence of psychological distress between medical and science undergraduate students and to assess the sources of stressors that are attributing to it. Methods: A sample of 697 undergraduate students participated in this study, in which 501 were medical students and the remaining 196 were Science students. Psychological distress was assessed using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. The students were given a list of possible sources of stress which were chosen depending on previous studies. Results: The overall prevalence of psychological distress was 32.6%. Science students showed a significantly higher rate and mean score of psychological distress than medical students, and the mean score was significantly higher during the clinical phase rather than the pre-clinical phase in medical students. Overall, female students had a significantly higher mean score than males, however although the mean score was higher in females it was only significant in the pre-clinical phase. In addition to academic and psychological stressors, factors such as reduced holidays, lack of time for relaxation, and limitation of leisure/entertainment time were among the top ten stressors reported by the students. Conclusions: Psychological distress is common among university students, and it is higher among science students than medical students. Academic and psychological factors can be considered as sources of stressors which may precipitate psychological distress among college students.
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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	Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_short	Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_full	Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia
title_sort	psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in malaysia
publisher	Universitas Indonesia.
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/58089/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58089/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58089/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58089/1/Psychological%20Distress%20and%20Sources%20of%20Stressors%20amongst%20Medical%20and%20Science.pdf
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Psychological distress and sources of stressors amongst medical and science undergraduate students in Malaysia

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