Prevalence and level of stress among final-year students at a health science institute in Bangladesh.

Md Jonaied Alam, Mahmudul Islam Khan Pratik, Abid Hasan Khan, Muhammad Shahidul Islam, Muhammad Millat Hossain
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Background: Final-year students studying in various health science institutes are usually very stressed about their studies so that they can complete their studies without any hurdles. This stress can lead to poor academic and professional results because psychological issues such as anxiety and depression are frequently overlooked and not treated. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of stress and also assess the level of stress symptoms among the final year students of health science institute in Bangladesh.

Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study involving 134 final-year students of Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), which is a well-known health science institute in Bangladesh measured the prevalence of stress and assessed the level of stress symptoms using the Academic Stress Scale (ASS-40). Data was collected through face-to-face interviews and analysed using SPSS software 25.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data retrieved from the students. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to find any deep relation between the levels of stress symptoms of the students with their age.

Results: The prevalence of stress symptoms among the 134 students was 68.60%. The scenario of having stress symptoms was higher among male students and factors like fear of failure (29.20%), followed by teacher-student relationship/teaching method (28.80%) with addressable factors including personal inadequacy (25.50%) working as a stressor for this students. A negligible association (p > 0.05) was found between the age and the level of stress of the students.

Conclusion: More than two-thirds of the students experienced stress symptoms during the final days in their institutions. This implies that the educational system, means of teaching, teaching materials, teachers as well as the services provided by the institutions cannot provide a conducive environment for effective learning as well as creating a secure future for the students as long as they can cope with the academic pressure. A student's educational career is being nipped in the bud due to the weak system of our education and institutional system.

孟加拉国一所卫生科学研究所最后一年级学生的压力流行程度和水平。
背景:在各个卫生科学机构学习的最后一年的学生通常对他们的学习非常紧张,以便他们能够毫无障碍地完成学业。这种压力会导致学业和专业成绩不佳,因为焦虑和抑郁等心理问题经常被忽视,也没有得到治疗。本研究旨在衡量压力的普遍程度,并评估孟加拉国卫生科学学院最后一年级学生的压力症状水平。方法:一项前瞻性横断面研究,涉及134名孟加拉国卫生专业研究所(BHPI)的最后一年级学生,该研究所是孟加拉国著名的健康科学研究所,测量了压力的患病率,并使用学术压力量表(ASS-40)评估了压力症状的水平。采用面对面访谈法收集数据,采用SPSS 25.0软件进行分析。描述性统计和推理统计用于分析从学生中检索到的数据。使用Pearson相关系数来发现学生的压力症状水平与他们的年龄之间是否存在深刻的关系。结果:134名学生的应激症状患病率为68.60%。男学生中出现压力症状的比例最高,以“害怕失败”等因素占29.20%,其次是师生关系/教学方法(28.80%),其中个人不足(25.50%)等可解决因素是该学生的压力源。学生的年龄与压力水平之间的相关性可忽略不计(p < 0.05)。结论:超过三分之二的学生在学校的最后几天经历了压力症状。这意味着,只要学生能够应对学业压力,教育制度、教学手段、教材、教师以及院校提供的服务都不能为学生提供一个有效学习的有利环境,也不能为学生创造一个安全的未来。由于我国教育体系和制度体系的薄弱,学生的教育事业正被扼杀在萌芽状态。
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