ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of the study is to find out the prevalence of Medical Student Syndrome [MSS] in Pakistan and its association with age, maturity level and the degree of medical knowledge. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The survey was completed in one year, from Jul 2016 to Jul 2017
Material and Methods: A self-designed, self-explanatory questionnaire was used. The link of the questionnaire was disseminated electronically. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences [SPSS-22]
Results: Total 129 responses were received from the students of different medical colleges/universities of Pakistan. Mean age of the participants was 21.94 years. Among the respondents 43% were males while 57% were females. Maximum participants were from final year. Majority of the respondents that is about 81% reported they had symptoms of the diseases they study, yet 44% pursued and moved forward. Among them 28% of the respondents said that they investigated their felt symptoms further, of which maximum were from 3rd year. Only 43% of the students knew about the Medical Student Syndrome. Some of the respondents, about 22.8% admitted the fact that they used psychiatric medicines either for relaxing or sleep
Conclusion: It can be concluded that medical students are more vulnerable to conditions like Medical student syndrome so there is a need to counsel medical students about the symptoms of MSS as well as to support the students by discussing different techniques to subsist the stress level