Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors.
Numerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived stress with private and training-related stressors in medical students according to their stage...
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| author | Rebecca Erschens Anne Herrmann-Werner Katharina Eva Keifenheim Teresa Loda Till Johannes Bugaj Christoph Nikendei Maria Lammerding-Köppel Stephan Zipfel Florian Junne |
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| description | Numerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived stress with private and training-related stressors in medical students according to their stage of medical education.Participants were high-school graduates who plan to study medicine and students in their first, third, sixth, or ninth semester of medical school or in practical medical training. The self-administered questionnaire included items addressing demographic information, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire, and items addressing potential private and training-related stressors.Results confirmed a substantial burden of perceived stress in students at different stages of their medical education. In particular, 10-28% of students in their third or ninth semesters of medical school showed the highest values for perceived stress. Training-related stressors were most strongly associated with perceived stress, although specific stressors that determined perceived stress varied across different stages of students' medical education. High-school graduates highly interested in pursuing medical education showed specific stressors similar to those of medical students in their third, sixth, or ninth semesters of medical school, as well as stress structures with heights of general stress rates similar to those of medical students at the beginning of practical medical training.High-school graduates offer new, interesting information about students' fears and needs before they begin medical school. Medical students and high-school graduates need open, comprehensive information about possible stressors at the outset of and during medical education. Programmes geared toward improving resilience behaviour and teaching new, functional coping strategies are recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3fd88db7f9245e6af5e29a1f7bd211b2022-12-21T18:31:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01131e019183110.1371/journal.pone.0191831Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors.Rebecca ErschensAnne Herrmann-WernerKatharina Eva KeifenheimTeresa LodaTill Johannes BugajChristoph NikendeiMaria Lammerding-KöppelStephan ZipfelFlorian JunneNumerous studies from diverse contexts have confirmed high stress levels and stress-associated health impairment in medical students. This study aimed to explore the differential association of perceived stress with private and training-related stressors in medical students according to their stage of medical education.Participants were high-school graduates who plan to study medicine and students in their first, third, sixth, or ninth semester of medical school or in practical medical training. The self-administered questionnaire included items addressing demographic information, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire, and items addressing potential private and training-related stressors.Results confirmed a substantial burden of perceived stress in students at different stages of their medical education. In particular, 10-28% of students in their third or ninth semesters of medical school showed the highest values for perceived stress. Training-related stressors were most strongly associated with perceived stress, although specific stressors that determined perceived stress varied across different stages of students' medical education. High-school graduates highly interested in pursuing medical education showed specific stressors similar to those of medical students in their third, sixth, or ninth semesters of medical school, as well as stress structures with heights of general stress rates similar to those of medical students at the beginning of practical medical training.High-school graduates offer new, interesting information about students' fears and needs before they begin medical school. Medical students and high-school graduates need open, comprehensive information about possible stressors at the outset of and during medical education. Programmes geared toward improving resilience behaviour and teaching new, functional coping strategies are recommended.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5792003?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Erschens Anne Herrmann-Werner Katharina Eva Keifenheim Teresa Loda Till Johannes Bugaj Christoph Nikendei Maria Lammerding-Köppel Stephan Zipfel Florian Junne Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors. PLoS ONE |
| title | Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors. |
| title_full | Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors. |
| title_fullStr | Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors. |
| title_short | Differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high-school graduates due to private and training-related stressors. |
| title_sort | differential determination of perceived stress in medical students and high school graduates due to private and training related stressors |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5792003?pdf=render |
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