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To find out stress level and its related morbidity among Postgraduate Medical Trainees. This Descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences and Agha Khan University Hospital Karachi during January to December 2008. Postgraduate Medical trainees who were pursuing FCPS, MCPS and DCPS were included. Self administered Questioner were distributed and doctors were selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Trainee doctors were found stressed 62.3%. A large no of trainees [34%] complained of Indigestion. Palpitation, tearfulness, waking at night, poor appetite found in [24 - 25%]. Complain of minor psychiatric illnesses, tiredness and lack of energy, having more responsibility than can handle, in ability to stop thinking about problem, difficulty in taking decisions, feeling of being trapped or cornered in 45- 50% doctors. The stress level of Postgraduate trainees was found to be high There were high prevalence of physical morbidities as well as minor psychiatric illnesses
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Objective: To find out frequency of self medication among university student of Karachi Pakistan
Methodology:A cross sectional study was conducted between July - August 2008. For the purpose 207 students from 2 Universities of Karachi, one medical and one Non-medical were selected through non-probability convenience sampling. Data was collected through self administered questionnaire, analyzed using SPSS v 10
Result: Among 207 participants', 103 were students of Karachi University while 104 were studying at Dow University. Mean age was 22 years and male: female ratio was 1:4. Frequency of self medication was found to be 80.4%. The most common reason for not consulting the doctor was "Problem not serious" and the most common symptoms when self medication sought were headache [62.3%] and fever [49.8%]. The 62% participants' knew that Self medication could be harmful
Conclusion: Frequency of self medication was high in educated youth despite the fact that majority found aware of its harmful effects. There is need to revisit the definition and relative significance of 'self-medication' in our local setting
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To evaluate and compare stress level of Postgraduate trainee doctors in public and private sector Medical Universities. A comparative cross sectional study was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences and Agha Khan University Hospital Karachi among Postgraduate Medical trainee who are doing FCPS, MCPS, and DCPS from Jan. 2008-Dec. 2008. A total of 207 doctors were selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Main outcome was major stress level of Medical trainees or resident. Out of the total 207 trainee doctors 62.3% were found to be under stress. Proportion of females with stress was 66.3%. Most of the married PGs 67.2% had high stress level. A large proportion almost 69.7% of doctors who were in stress belongeds to low income group. This study did not find any statistical significance of stress with respect to different demographic and socioeconomic variable that were age, gender, monthly income, specialty and university. The stress level of Postgraduate trainees in both the universities was found to be high. The stress was found to be high among female trainees but no risk factor showed significant association with stress. Every effort should be made to help the future healers in understanding the symptoms of stress and ways to deal with it effectively and safely