Prevalence and source of stress among b. sc students during their study period at BANGLADESH HEALTH PROFESSIONS INSTITUTE (BHPI) IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

Background: Stress is response of mental, emotional and physical pressure in a person‟s life. All stress do not response same reaction with their physical, mental and emotional pressure. There is no difference in a student‟s life. Methodology: The study conducted through quantitative study in crosssectional design among 274 students at Bangladesh Health Professions Institute in Bangladesh. Participants were selected by using stratified random sampling. Data were collected by given the written questionnaires. Result and Discussion: Among 274 students 33.6% (n=92) have much higher than average stress, 29.9% (n=82) have slightly higher than average stress, 20.4% (n=56) have average stress, 11.7% (n=32) have slightly lower than average stress and 4.4% (n=12) have much lower than average stress. 21-24 (60.6%) age students higher stress. Female (69.0%) and male (31.0%) was suffer from stress, female was higher. 1st year (26.6%) and (25.5%) 4th year students was more stress than (23.7%) 2nd year and (24.1%) 3rd year students. Occupational Therapy (3.93, mean perceived stress), Speech and Language Therapy (3.84, mean perceived stress) students are more stress than physiotherapy students (3.60, mean perceived stress). Developmental challenge (21.39 ± 5.100) and time pressure (15.70±4.214) was higher source of stress than others source of stress which top items was (2.77±.966) too many things to do at once, hard effort to get ahead (2.70±1.019), a lot of responsibilities (2.50±.995), not enough leisure time(2.48±1.024), struggling to meet your own academic standards (2.58± 1.007). Conclusion: Stress among Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and language Therapy students were comparable. Developmental challenge and time pressure are most stressful for students. Students stress was closely related with academic related to play their role appropriately. Key Words: Stress, Prevalence of stress, Source of stress, B. Sc students, Bangladesh health professions institute.