TY  - JOUR
T1  - The prevalence of anxiety among medical students
A1  - Mohd Sidik, Sherina
LA  - English
PB  - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
YR  - 2005
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:41119
AB  - This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of anxiety among medical student at local university in Malaysia and to identify its associated factors. Methods: a cross-sectional study design was used. Three hundred and ninety six medical students at a local university in Malaysia were included in the study, a pre tested, modified, elf administered Beck Anxiety inventory (BAI) was used to screen for anxiety, Results: three hundred and ninety six out of 414 medical students participated (response rate 95.75). 38.45 of the medicals students were found to have anxiety. Conclusion: The overall prevalence of anxiety among medicals students was high (38.4%). Factors found to be significantly associated with anxiety were gender, perceived level of pressure, year of study in medical school, ethnicity and depression )p,0.05)
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