Factors Influencing Mental Health of the Final-year Students at a Rehabilitation Profession Institute in Bangladesh

Abstract

Introduction: Study in Health science institute can act as a contributing factor in developing stress in final year rehabilitation professional students which may have possible negative academic and professional consequences. Studies on psychological problems such as academic stress, anxiety and depression among medical students have seen that these disorders are under diagnosed and under treated. In this background the present study was carried out with an aim to assess the magnitude of stress and its associated factors in rehabilitation professional students in BHPI. Objective: The objective of this study was to find out the level of stress of the final year rehabilitation professional students and the factor associated with it. Materials and Methods: This descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out in BHPI, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Stress was assessed by Academic stress scale (ASS-40) and conduct face to face interview in BHPI campus. The study was conducted by using quantitative descriptive analysis through using SPSS software 25.0 version. Results: Among 79 participants’ overall response in five category of Academic stress scale (ASS) 31.40%(n=25) was normal state and others 68.60% (n=54) stressful state. That’s means every 2 out 3 students were in stressful state. Among the five categories of Academic stress scale (ASS) highest level of stressful area was fear of failure and second highest level of stressful area is personal inadequacy. Teacher- pupil relationship/ Teaching Method is found as an Addressable Stressful Area. Conclusion: Most of the factors of all five categories (personal inadequacy, fear of failure, Teacher – Pupil Relationship/ Teaching Methodology, interpersonal difficulties with teachers and inadequate lab and library facilities) in Academic stress scale (ASS) were found as stressful. It implies that the arrangement of educational providence, the way of disseminating lessons, provision of teaching aids and materials and the services provided by the teachers as well as institutions cannot provide a congenial atmosphere of effective learning as well as secured future which addresses being academic stress that a learner is encountering due to our poor arrangement of educational and institutional systems. Key words: Academic influencing factor (AIF), Mental health (MH)