Study on Stress among Male Resident Medical Students: A Cause of Concern

Abstract

Introduction : Stress is an inevitable part of medical education and is especially common in Resident medical scholars. Objective: To study causes of stress among Resident medical students. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried in May 2015. A 140 male resident scholars were included and gave consent. A predesigned, semi structured questionnaire was used. Result: Analysis shows that 71.4% of the respondents experienced stress. Being way from the family, large syllabus, and lack of time to revise were the major causes of stress among the students. Conclusion: A good proportion of resident medical students were found to be stressed, with academic stressors being the major cause of stress among the subjects.