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Item A comparative study of ‘happiness index’ in medical and paramedical students.(2015-06) Chimanlal, Parikh HemantIntroduction: Happiness is a very subjective feeling and may mean absence of sorrow to indefinite pleasure; to different persons Material and methods: We derived happiness index of teenagers by asking them 20 questions having score of 1 – 5. We measured happiness amo B.Sc. nursing and I year physiotherapy. Comparison of happiness levels, was done between these groups. Results: Many of the physiotherapy students were happy with their present. Nursing students were the least happy with present day turmoil. Medical students had reasonably good count on many criteria. However they were involved in lowest social activity. Conclusion: 32 – 40 percent individuals in our study had happiness index less than 73. They were given tips for happiness enrichment.Item Stress levels and “immediate examination performance” of medical students.(2015-05) Chimanlal, Parikh Hemant; Jayshree, BarhattIntroduction: The effects of stress are known to be multi faceted. Equally unpredictable are the results of examinations. Evaluation of performance of a person in examination depends on many factors. In present study, we attempted to find stress level and their effect on examination performance of first years medical students. Material and methods: We asked the first year medical students to rate their perceived level of stress in percentage score from 0–100; 100 being the highest, along with other relevant data. We correlated this stress level and other factors with their marks in immediate examination, which was conducted in + 10 days of recording stress score. Results:It was found that stress levels higher than 40, suggestive of distress; lead to decrease in examination performance, as evidenced by decrease in marks in all types of examinations: viz. theory viva voce (oral), written theory examination and practical examination. Conclusion: We studied effect of stress on examination performance. We found that higher stress led to poor performance in examinations. (negative correlation) We found high levels of stress in 52% of participants, that affected their exam performance. Since they were not aware of relaxation techniques, we introduced the same to them.