Abstract

Ch. Tejaswi*, P. Radha Kumari and A. Sita Rama

ABSTRACT

Background: Stress is very common in present days. It became a part of our lives. Stress is very common in younger age groups also in the present world. Each and every profession has their own stress. Medical profession being a very responsible and noble profession stress levels are very much high in medical students and professionals. Higher stress levels lead to suicidal thoughts and tendencies & suicide rates due to stress was high among medical students. Hence the present study is done to know the stress levels among medical and non-medical students. Methodology: A Cross-sectional comparative study is done from 29th august 2022 to 9th September 2022 among medical and non- medical students. Data collected by using pre designed pre tested semi structured questionnaire. Data analysed by using SPSS software. Results: In medical students the prevalence of high perceived stress is 14.7% & in non-medical students the prevalence is 4.08%. Stress was high in people who belong to nuclear family. Conclusion: Stress levels of medical students are higher when compared to non-medical students.