Stress and its risk factors in medical students: An observational study from a medical college in India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Nandi, Madhumita ^a   Hazra, Avijit ^a   Sarkar, Sumantra ^a   Mondal, Rakesh ^b   Ghosal, Malay Kumar ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

28 item general health questionnaire; medical students; revised Lubben social network scale; stress; student distress; Warwick Edinburgh mental well being scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUBBEN SOCIAL NETWORK SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WARWICK EDINBURGH MENTAL WELL BEING SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84877146610     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.110850     Document Type: Article

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