Abstract
Perceived stress refers to how people perceive their environment's demands as unpredictable and uncontrollable. The present study sought to determine the prevalence, mean, and distribution of perceived stress scores among second and third-semester medical degree students by age, sex, school year, extracurricular activity, employment status, and marital status. 98 students participated in a cross-sectional study. There was an 86% response rate. Interviews registered independent variables and stress employing the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The mean age was 19.24 ±.93. Women comprised 62% of the participants. The prevalence of Perceived stress was 95.9%, and 27.97 ± 7.86 was the mean stress score. Women had a higher perceived stress score (29.93±7.54) compared to men (24.75±7.40) (p=0.001). No statistically significant differences resulted in mean perceived stress with the rest of the independent variables. The study concludes that perceived stress is high, and women are more likely than males to have significant perceived stress levels in their second and third semesters of medical school. These findings show the urgent need to design a university program to reduce stress by applying support strategies or extracurricular activities that promote mental health among students in the first semesters of medical school and consider women as a group at higher risk.
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