Stressors and psychological symptoms in students of medicine and allied health professions in Nigeria

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-421

  Omigbodun, Olayinka O ^a,b   Odukogbe, Akin Tunde A ^a   Omigbodun, Akinyinka O ^a   Yusuf, O Bidemi ^a   Bella, Tolulope T ^a   Olayemi, Oladopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health profession students; Psychological morbidity; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH STUDENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL STUDENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; NOISE; NURSING STUDENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33646406310     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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