Comparison of Medical and Fine Arts Students in Terms of Their Level of Stress and Depression during Academic Years.

Abstract

University life during medical training entails
full-time commitment and responsibility of
undergraduates regarding academic tasks and
care provided to patients and their companions.
Long working and study hours, environments
not ideally suited to learning, sleep deprivation,
as well as factors interfering in everyday
personal life are common during this period.

Objective: To find the comparison of medical and fine arts
students in terms of their level of stress and
depression during the academic years.

Methods: 100 students of medical and fine art were
approached in this study after obtaining signed
consent form. 50 students of medical and 50
students of fine art were approached in which 25
was female and 25 was male in each group. All
the students were healthy and were included in
this study on the basis of inclusion exclusion
criteria. Comparison of stress and depression
among medical and fine art students was
checked by using a DASS questionnaire.
Students of medical and fine arts were asked to
fill the questionnaire.

Results: This study reveals that the Mean of stress in
medical students was 8.64±3.63 and fine art
students was 7.72± 4.05. The difference was
statistically significant difference (p value 0.043).
Mean of depression in medical students
was7.12± 3.19847 and fine art students
was5.34±2.70759. The difference was not
statistically significant difference (p value 0.185).
The results of this study concluded that the stress
in medical students was more than the fine art
students, while the depression was same in both
medical students and ne art students.

Conclusion: It was concluded that the stress in medical
students was more than the fine art students,
while the depression was same in both medical
students and fine art students..