tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Well-being of medical students and their awareness on substance misuse: a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Well-being of medical students and their awareness on substance misuse: a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Primary research Well-being of medical students and their awareness on substance misuse a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan Abdul Wahab Yousafzai Syed Ahmer Ehsanullah Syed Naila Bhutto Saman Iqbal Mohammed Naim Siddiqi and Mohammed Zaman Open Access Address Department of Psychiatry Aga Khan University Karachi 74800 Pakistan Email Abdul Wahab Yousafzai - Syed Ahmer - Ehsanullah Syed - Naila Bhutto - Saman Iqbal - Mohammed Naim Siddiqi - Mohammed Zaman - Corresponding author Published 19 February 2009 Received 30 September 2008 Annals of General Psychiatry 2009 8 8 doi 1744-859X-8-8 Accepted 19 February 2009 This article is available from http content 8 1 8 2009 Yousafzai et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Objective To investigate psychological well-being and substance abuse among medical students in Pakistan. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted in six medical colleges across Pakistan. Final-year medical students were interviewed by either a postgraduate trainee in psychiatry or a consultant psychiatrist. Results A total of 540 medical students were approached 342 participated and the response rate was . Mean age was years SD years were male and 90 single. Two out of every five respondents reported that work study at medical school affected their personal health and well-being. A considerable proportion of students were aware of alcohol and smoking as coping strategies for stress in medical students. The main factors