KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STRESS OF THE THIRD YEAR MEDICAL DOCTOR STUDENTS, HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thủy1,, Lê Thị Vũ Huyền1
1 Hanoi Medical University

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Background: Medical students are one of the subjects with a very high rate of stress due to the pressure of the learning environment. The proper understanding of stress helps you know how to adjust, reduce as well as prevent it effectively. Objectives: To describe the knowledge of stress of 3rd year students majoring in Medical Doctor, Hanoi Medical University. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on 3rd year students majoring in Medical Doctor, Hanoi Medical University, by a questionnaire consisting of 2 parts: General information and Students' knowledge about stress. Results: The majority of students had accurate knowledge about the manifestations, causes, effects, and ways of coping with stress.  However, there are students who do not know or misunderstand, which results in the facts that: Boredom, negative thoughts and suicidal intentions (63.2%) are manifestations of stress; stress is caused by the Contact with stressed people (47.5%); by the Fate of each person (27.7%); Stress leads to psychosis, madness (58.9%); Use tranquilizers (29%) when stressed. Conclusion: students have correct but incomplete knowledge of stress some confusion. Adequate and accurate provision of basic knowledge about stress is essential in order to improve their understanding of this issue.

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