Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students

Aesha Farheen Siddiqui; Saad Abdullah Al-Amri; Assaf Abdullah Al-Katheri; Khalid Hussain Mohammed Al-Hassani

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Online Published: 01 Feb 2017

J Med Allied Sci. 2017; 7(1): 41-47

doi: 10.5455/jmas.252925

Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students

Aesha Farheen Siddiqui, Saad Abdullah Al-amri, Assaf Abdullah Al-katheri, Khalid Hussain Mohammed Al-hassani.

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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the prevalence and magnitude of stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students and its associated socio-demographic factors using a cross-sectional design. It was conducted at King Khalid University Medical College during September-October 2016, including 267 students of both sexes and all study levels. Data was collected using an anonymous self administered questionnaire including socio-demographic information like participant details and family details, along with the Kessler -10 scale for measuring stress. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS 17.0. Results were de-scribed as frequencies, percentages, mean±SD. Independent samples t test and ANOVA were used to study the relationship of stress with various social and demographic factors. A mean stress score of 23.46±7.77 was observed. This is graded as mild stress according to Kessler scale classification. Forty four students, i.e. 16.5% reported perception of high stress, while 23.6% students perceived mild and 26.6% reported moderate stress. Students who perceived no stress comprised one third (33.3%) of the study population. A significant relationship of female gender with stress was observed (p˂0.0001). It was concluded that most of the medical students undergo some degree of stress during their study period and female students have significantly more stress than their male counterparts.

Key words: Female students, Medical education, Saudi Arabia, Stress

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Siddiqui AF, Al-amri SA, Al-katheri AA, Al-hassani KHM. Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. J Med Allied Sci. 2017; 7(1): 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui AF, Al-amri SA, Al-katheri AA, Al-hassani KHM. Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. https://jmas.in/?mno=252925 [Access: June 23, 2026]. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui AF, Al-amri SA, Al-katheri AA, Al-hassani KHM. Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. J Med Allied Sci. 2017; 7(1): 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui AF, Al-amri SA, Al-katheri AA, Al-hassani KHM. Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. J Med Allied Sci. (2017), [cited June 23, 2026]; 7(1): 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui, A. F., Al-amri, . S. A., Al-katheri, . A. A. & Al-hassani, . K. H. M. (2017) Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. J Med Allied Sci, 7 (1), 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui, Aesha Farheen, Saad Abdullah Al-amri, Assaf Abdullah Al-katheri, and Khalid Hussain Mohammed Al-hassani. 2017. Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 7 (1), 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui, Aesha Farheen, Saad Abdullah Al-amri, Assaf Abdullah Al-katheri, and Khalid Hussain Mohammed Al-hassani. "Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students." Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences 7 (2017), 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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Siddiqui, A. F., Al-amri, . S. A., Al-katheri, . A. A. & Al-hassani, . K. H. M. (2017) Perceived stress in Saudi undergraduate medical students. Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 7 (1), 41-47. doi:10.5455/jmas.252925

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