PREVALENCE OF STRESS AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY AMONG POST GRADUATE RESIDENT DOCTORS WORKING IN MEDICAL COLLEGE IN UTTAR PRADESH
Dr. Swati Singh* and Dr. Prerana Gupta
ABSTRACT
Residency training is a stressful course. Interns and resident doctors in developing countries encounter additional challenges including shortage of health sector budget, low income and disparities in health care distribution. The need to study and work simultaneously make them more susceptible to psychological problems. Aim of the study: To study the prevalence of stress and the associated factor & other psychiatric morbidity among postgraduate doctors at Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad(U.P) in India. Materials and Methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted at the University Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College & Research Center (TMMC & RC) Moradabad in U.P, 50 postgraduate students were included in this study after obtaing written informed consent. RESULT: The mean depression score was 6.26 ± 6.00, the anxiety score was 10.34 ± 3.91 and the mean stress score was 15.30 ± 3.93. The present study showed mild anxiety level and moderate level of stress in postgraduate students. The study showed a difference in stress level when compared for age and gender, but it was not statistically significant. When the stress level was compared for clinical and non-clinical departments; the difference was statistically significant.
Keywords: STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION SCALE, POST GRADUATE.
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