Stress Among Preclinical Medical Students of University Sultan Zainal Abidin.
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2013-11
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It is well known that medical students often face many difficulties during their studies in medical school. Stress is
the feeling which is created when a person react to the particular events. It makes you feel threatened or upset.
Stress is a combination of psychological, physiological and behavioral reactions that people have in response to
event that challenge them. This is a cross sectional study and was conducted in FPSK, UniSZA, Kuala
Terengganu, Malaysia. An instrument on stress assessment was developed through extensive review of
literatures. Questionnaire was pretested and validated. A total of 60 questionnaires were given to the preclinical
medical students of UniSZA. Study subjects were selected randomly. Current study found out that 47 (78.3%)
students might be having stress related problem. Major cause of stress is academic because of curricular
overload. The dominant approach to cope with stress is prayer in this medical school. Coping stress in medical
student life is one of most important quality. Therefore students should be taught different stress management
techniques to improve their ability to cope with a demanding professional course. The hostel related issues and
recreational facilities should be improved as far as possible within limited funds.
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Stress, Medical Students, Malaysia
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Rahman Nor Iza A, Ismail Salwani, Seman Tengku Nur Ain Binti Tengku, Rosli Nur Farah Atikah Binti, Jusoh Siti Aisyah Binti Mat, Dali Wan Putri Elena Wan, Islam Md Zakirul, Haque Mainul. Stress Among Preclinical Medical Students of University Sultan Zainal Abidin. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2013 Nov; 3(11): 76-81.