Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety & Stress among First Year Students in Physiotherapy Colleges at Bangalore, India
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https://doi.org/10.37506/ijpot.v14i1.3277Keywords:
DASS-Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Physiotherapy StudentsAbstract
Introduction: Physiotherapy students are important human resource in the field of heath. Detection of
potential anxiety, stress and depression developed in them during first year of academics is crucial since
anxiety and stress can lead to low productivity, low quality of life, and suicidal ideas. This study was
conducted to find the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among first year students in Padmashree
Institute of Physiotherapy, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Methodology: 105 students have been selected for the study purpose irrespective of age, sex and personal
habits. A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used for this study. Standardized, semi-structured
questionnaire named DASS 21 (Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale) was used to collect data.
Results: Among all 105 students; Depression – 41.9% were reported in normal category, 21.9% of them
in moderate, 18.09% in mild, 10.47% in severe and 7.61% fall in extremely severe category. The anxiety
scale reported 27.61% in normal, 23.8% in moderate, 20.95% are in extremely severe, 18.09% in severe
and 9.52% of them have been under mild category. The study reported 55.23% normal cases of stress scale,
19.04% were in moderate, 13.33% in mild, 11.42% in severe and 0.95% case in extremely severe score.
Conclusion: This study shows that the maximum number of students have raised level of anxiety and
depression, whereas the number of students having increased stress are less in number
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Copyright (c) 2020 Deependra Gautam1 , Sushil Chandra Aryal1 , T D Ashini Dilhara Fernando1 ,Tasmiya Afza1 , Tanna Rushil Deepak1 , Yogendra Singh Airee1 , Diker Dev Joshi2
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