Sources of stress among Doctor of Physical Therapy Students

Abstract

Background: stress is major cause of mental and emotional disturbance among medical students which affects their life and their professional career. It also affects the quality of studies. Objective of Study: To nd out the sources of stress and psychological morbidities among DPT (Doctor of physical therapy) students. Methodology: It was a cross sectional survey. Total number of students were 303, 92 were male and 211 were female. Data was collected from The University of Lahore, Riphah International University Lahore, Fatima memorial hospital, School of Allied health sciences, Allama Iqbal Medical College, King Edward Medical College, BahyddinZakria University, University of South Asia, University of Sargodha Lahore campus and Superior University through self-designed questionnaire.Data was collected from September 2014 to December 2014. Results: Females are more prone to take stress in all condition. Credit hours and job stress is mostly common in students. Conclusion: Psychological morbidity was present in higher proportion in DPT undergraduate students , multiple factors i.e. long credit hours, job insecurities, increase work load (test, assignments, exams), family expectations were highly present in the students which should be address as soon as possible to give community good professionals. Key words: Students, Stress, Morbidity