Anxiety and Academical Stress Differences Between First and Sixth Year Medical Students

• Autores: Celis, Juan, Bustamante Araujo, Marco, Cabrera, Dino, Cabrera, Magno, Alarcón, Walter, Monge, Eduardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2001
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/4143
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4143
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Anxiety; Stress; Students; Medical; Education; Educational Medical; Undergraduate; Ansiedad; Estrés; Estudiantes de Medicina; Educación Médica

OBJECTIVES: To assess the state - trait anxiety and the academic stress in first and sixth year medical students. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was a cross - sectional analytical study. Ninety - eight Universidad San Marcos medical students, Lima (fifty three ones from the first year and forty five from the sixth year), were interviewed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Academic Stress Inventory, between June - July, 2000. RESULTS: Higher levels of state and trait anxiety in first year (State Anxiety: x = 28,68; Trait Anxiety: x = 22,70) than in sixth year medical students (SA: x = 19,09; TA: x = 18,84) were found (SA: p <0,001; TA: p = 0,033). Main academic stressful situations were "work overload", "lack of time to academic duties", and "tests" in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Levels of anxiety were significantly higher in 1st than in 6th year medical students.