A Cross Sectional Study on Scaling the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Level of Medical Students During COVID-19 in A Tertiary Level Medical Institution in India

Authors

  • Anamika Nath Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Tezpur Medical College and Hospital (TMCH), Tezpur, Assam, India
  • Amarantha Donna Ropmay Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGHRIMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Daunipaia Slong Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGHRIMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Amar Jyoti Patowary Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGHRIMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Dev Ashis Ramu Damu Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS), Sikkim, India
  • Ankith Jonpelly Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGHRIMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Kishanth Shankar Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGHRIMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India
  • Prabal Das Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGHRIMS), Shillong, Meghalaya, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v6i2.439

Keywords:

Depression, anxiety, stress, medical students, COVID-19.

Abstract

Background: Social distancing, closure of institutions and lockdown has impacted the minds of all. Medical students are no exception to this.

Objective: This study was taken up to find out the level of depression, anxiety and stress of medical students during COVID-19.

Methods: It was a crosssectional study done at a tertiary institute for a period of one month in the middle of 2021. An online questionnaire, based on DASS 21 (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale 21) scale, consisted of 7 questions each for each category viz. depression, anxiety and stress. While completing the DASS 21 questionnaire, each individual was required to indicate the presence of a symptom over the previous week. Chi-square test was used to analyze between the categorical variables.

Results: Out of 183 study subjects, 16.39% had extremely severe depression, 13.66% extremely severe anxiety and 7.65% extremely severe stress. Development of anxiety with sex (p=0.04), and age (p=0.03), depression with age (p=0.02), development of depression with place of stay (p=0.04), and year of MBBS (p=0.0007) and anxiety with year of MBBS (p=0.0006) were found to be statistically significant.

Conclusion: Development of depression, anxiety and stress in medical students must be recognized by the institution and measures for prevention like counselling facilities should be provided.

International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 06 No. 02 April’22 Page: 161-167

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Published

2022-03-31

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Nath, A., Ropmay, A. D., Slong, D., Patowary, A. J., Ramu Damu, D. A., Jonpelly, A., … Das, P. (2022). A Cross Sectional Study on Scaling the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Level of Medical Students During COVID-19 in A Tertiary Level Medical Institution in India. International Journal of Human and Health Sciences (IJHHS), 6(2), 161–167. https://doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v6i2.439

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022)

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