Ahmed Alkhalaf
Albaha University, Saudi Arabia
Title: Perceived stress and general health in medical students in Saudi Arabia
Biography
Biography: Ahmed Alkhalaf
Abstract
How perceived stress appears to be very important role entity in all students. The students of medicine experience very high stress during their undergraduate study. Hence the objective of this study was to evaluate general health condition and the perceived stress and also to examine the correlation between general health condition and perceived stress. This study included 185 male students from the second to the sixth year of the MBBS. In this study general health was assessed by using SF-36 health survey, student Perceived Stress was measured by Perceived Stress Scale. Statistical analysis indicated the general health condition of students was significantly correlated with how the students perceived the stress in particular with the following subscales of the SF-36 health survey: - Role Physical RP - General Health Perceptions GH - Vitality VT - Role Emotional RE - Mental Health MH