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Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Medical Hostel Lite Girl Students Belong to 18 to 26 Year

https://doi.org/10.61096/ijamscr.v12.iss1.2024.40-46
Vidya Kadam
Assistant Professor, Indira College of Physiotherapy, Nanded, Maharashtra, India
Santosh p.Dobhal
Assistant Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Institute of physiotherapy, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.

International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024): 2024 Volume -12 - Issue 1

Abstract

              Students lives can be impacted by mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and stress. There have been few studies to assess depression, anxiety and stress among hostel students. This was an observational study to determine the factor that contribute to depression, anxiety and stress. Hostel students face a variety of environmental and social issues. This study was conducted to find out the prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among the hostelite girl students in MGM campus of Aurangabad.


Method: DASS-21 scale is the self-reported questionnaire to measure the severity of a range of symptoms common to both depression and anxiety. Data was collected on the google forms with Demographic data and 21 questions from 151 hostelite living students. Individual is required to indicate the presence of symptoms over the previous week. Study was included hostelite students who lives at MGM campus, Aurangabad.


Result: After receiving all the responses from participants selected for the study it showed that physical health of hostelite girls students affected. Out of 151 participants 47% of population affected by Depression, 54% of population affected by Anxiety and 33% of population affected by Stress.


Conclusion: Overall, result from this study suggests that the mental health of hostelite students in MGM campus is affected, which may affect their personal and social life. So this study suggests that proper interventions should be structured.

Keywords

Mental health, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Hostelite Students, DASS-21 Scale, Online Survey, Physiotherapy.
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