ABSTRACT
Introduction: Medical students experience considerableamount of stress related to various domains such as academicrelated, social related, interpersonal related etc. It is importantto look for the levels of stressors among medical students andintervene at appropriate time in order to improve the qualityof medical professionals.Material and methods: A cross sectional study was conductedamongst undergraduate medical students by providing astructured Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ20) to assess the stressors. Stresses related to academic related,social related, interpersonal related data were statisticallyanalyzed.Results: This study included 136 students (73% females and27% males). The mean age and BMI of the participants were21.24 ±1.74 years and 21.7 ± 3.3 kg/m2 respectively. This studyshowed that medical students experience moderate levels ofstress in all the domains of stress and a significant increase isnoted in academic related stress (ARS) than other domains (pvalue <0.0001) followed by group activities related stress andsocial related stress.Conclusion: ARS is acting as a major stress factor amongall the stress domains in medical students of this studypopulation. Appropriate measures should be taken to promotethe physical and mental well-being of medical students andthereby ensuring academic excellence and good qualitymedical professionals.