Professional examination stress induced hemodynamic changes in first year MBBS students

International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research

Kouser Banu¹  Anandarajan B.¹  Muthukumar S.¹  Gajanan G. Atram¹ 

关键词: First year MBBS students;    First credit examination;    Examination stress;    Pulse rate;    Blood pressure;   

DOI  :  10.7439/ijbar.v4i11.559

学科分类：药学、药理学、毒理学（综合）

来源: Scholar Science Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background:In recent years there has been a rising optimistic reception on the stresses involved in professional examination as this may affect student?? wellbeing, learning and academic performance.Competitiveness in today?? world has made stress inevitable in life. Medical students face stress in all stages of their academic career, including pre-clinical, paraclinical, and clinical years. The students of first M.B.B.S. probably face a major stress especially during the first credit examination.Materials and Methods:Study was carried out among first year MBBS students of Sri Muthukumaran Medical College during November 2012. 108 first year MBBS students were randomly selected and first part of study captured personal data. The rest comprised anthropometric measurements [ht(cms) , wt(kgs)] and pulse rate and blood pressure recordings? ten days before, on the day(one hour before the examination) and ten days after first credit examination. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software version 2.0.Student?? t- testwas used to compare the data and p value < 0.05 was considered significant. Result:The overall response rate was 72% (108 out of 150 students). It was observed that 29 males (60 %) and 32 (53%) females students were having increase in pulse rate and systolic blood pressure one hour before the examination compared to pulse rate(PR) and systolic blood pressure(SBP) ten days before and ten days after the examination. Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was also increased one hour before to examination compared to ten days before examination, though the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusion: It is evident that the first year MBBS students undergo stress during their academic examinations and need for the hour is to use interventionslike social and psychologicalto improve the quality of life . Student advisors and counsellors can train students about stress management.

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