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Stress Factors and their Relation with General Health in Students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in Year 1999
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Gholamreza Esfandiari   |
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INTRODUCTION: Stress is one of the most important factors that has undesirable effets on education and psychosomatic health of students.This study was conducted to evaluate stress factors and their relation with general health in students of Kurdistan university of medical sciences in 1999.
MATERIALS & METHODS: The subjects were 340 students that were selected by random sampling. Data was collected by stress factors questionnaire and general health questionnaire (GHQ).
RESULTS: The study showed no significant difference in general health among the students regarding sex, married state, native state, educational course, educating faculty and profit or nonprofit education. They also revealed no significant difference in score of stress factors regarding married state, native state, acceptance rationing, and profit or nonprofit education. Hewever, there was significant difference in score of stress factors among the students regarding sex (P=0.05), educational faculty (P=0.01), duration of education (P=0.05) and educating faculty (P=0.001). The most important stress factors in all students were “family health” and “occupational outcome”. The stress factors significantly associated with general health of the students (P=0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: It seems that, the students particularly female students has more stress and it cause undesirable effects on their general health. So, it is essential to determine the students at risk and help them. |
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| Keywords: Stress factors, General Health, Students |
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Received: 2009/03/9 | Published: 2001/03/15
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