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MEDISAN
On-line version ISSN 1029-3019
Abstract
HERNANDEZ LEON, María de Lourdes; CRUZ MARTINEZ, Irene; TELLEZ VERANES, Tamara and RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ, María del Carmen. Academic stress in Medicine students diagnosed in the Student Direction Unit. MEDISAN [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.2 Epub Apr 27, 2023. ISSN 1029-3019.
Introduction:
University education constitutes a process that generates many tensions for the students from all over the world, which has been associated with high stress levels, anxiety and depression.
Objective:
To describe the manifestations of academic stress in students from the third year of Medicine.
Methods:
A descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study of 10 students from the Medicine Faculty No. 1 was carried out in Santiago de Cuba, diagnosed with academic stress in the Student Direction Unit, from January to June, 2022.
Results:
The moderated stress prevailed in 70.0 % of the students, with a primacy of female sex (50.0 %). The frequency of intensity of the concern was expressed in the categorical value (70.0 %) as many. Among the main identified factors that cause stress we can mention: excess of tasks and works, professors evaluations and participation in class that are part of the dynamics in the training process of the career. Also, the diversity of strategies to face this stress prevailed.
Conclusions:
The academic stress was mostly present in the affective and behavioral spheres of the students and was associated with events experienced as factors that cause stress.
Keywords : medicine student; academic stress; psychological stress; factors that cause stress; strategies to face stress.