Farah Rehman, Imran Saeed, Humera Shahzad, Abdul Rehman Janjua, Zeeshan Ajmal, Shamila Afshan.
Prevalence of Examination Anxiety among Females Medical Students of Private Medical College in Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):287-9.

Background: Education of medical is being stressful which create many psychological changes in students. Levels of stress can lead to disturbances in both physical and mental health. Recently there is a growing concern about stress during undergraduate medical training. The current research has been undertaken to assess the level and potential causes of exam stress among female Aim : To exploring the prevalence of examination anxiety among females medical students of private medical college in Lahore. Methods: It was a cross sectional descriptive quantitative study. The participants enrolled after taking consents from all students’ those studying in central park medical college Lahore, pre-designed questionnaire was used to collect the data. The multiple rounds of data collection were done. The data was analyzed by SPSS 20. Statistical test like Independent t-test and chi-square test was applied to obtain the required results. Results: The results showed that the mean age student was 22.14+/-2.44 years with range from 17-28 years and 165 (55% ) were females while 135 (45%) were males. 291(97 %) were unmarried while only 9(3%) were married medical students. The mean anxiety level on VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) was evaluated as 62.21+/-23.01 Results distributed at three levels of anxiety among male and female students. A total of 34( 11.3% ) of students showed little anxiety level during exams while 20( 14.8% ) male students showed, 141( 47% ) showed moderate anxiety, and 125( 41.7% ) showed maximum anxiety levels. Conclusion: This study indicates that level of exam anxiety based on a Visual Analogue Scale in female students of a medical college and also highlights factors such as loss during the exams and takes great effort to memorize simple things during exams which contribute to Exam Anxiety .

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