Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to determine and compare the stress level, stressors and coping strategies and to investigate the relationship between stress, coping strategy and demographic characteristics among undergraduate health professional students.

Methods: In this cross-sectional, non-experimental and comparative study, a convenience sampling technique used to collect data from 280 students. We used a self-reported questionnaire including demographic characteristics of participants, Perceived Stress Scale, and Coping Behavior Inventory.

Results: Health professional students reported overall moderate level of stress while, nursing students showed mild stress whereas dental and clinical medicine students showed moderate stress. However, students were highly stressed by patient’s care, assignment and workload, lack of professional knowledge and skills, and environment, and minimally stressed by peers and daily life and teachers and other staffs. Stay-optimistic was mostly used coping strategy by nursing students and transference by dental and clinical medicine students whereas avoidance was the least used by all. Significant correlation of stress was found with coping strategy and previous health training.

Conclusion and Clinical Implications: Students face varieties of stressors during their clinical education. Therefore, students should be encouraged and motivated to adopt effective coping. Additionally, health training found positive role in reducing student’s stress so that medical courses are very necessary to the students before entering medical school.

Keywords: Stress; Stressor; Coping Strategy; Clinical Education; Health Professional Students

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Citation: Nira Tamang., et al. “Perceived Level of Stress, Stressors and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Health Professional Students during their Clinical Education: A Comparative Study”.Acta Scientific Paediatrics 3.8 (2020): 41-48.

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