Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 35-38.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2019.01.009

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The current situation and influencing factors of mental stress among medical postgraduate students

Zhang Ruonan1, Cao Depin2, Ma Xing3, Yang Libin3   

  1. 1Master Degree Candidates, Social Medicine and Health Service Management Major, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China;
    2Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China;
    3Center of Higher Education Research and Teaching Quality Evaluation, Harbin Medical University, Harbin150081, China
  • Received:2018-05-16 Online:2019-01-01 Published:2020-12-08
  • Contact: Cao Depin, Email: caodp@ems.hrbmu.edu.cn, Tel: 0086-451-86617586

Abstract: Objective To discuss the current situation of the postgraduate students' mental stress and its influencing factors, and to offer some suggestions that can be effective to relieve the mental stress, to provide a certain reference to the development of the training for the medical postgraduate students.Methods The mental stress scale, connor-davidson resilience scale(CD-RISC), positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS),self-compiled general information questionnaire were used to test the mental stress source and resilience, emotional state of 403 medical postgraduate students.Results The KMO value of the mental stress scale was 0.904, which could explain the total variation of 67.4%.The main mental stress source of medical postgraduate students is economic stress (3.33±0.77), followed by academic stress (2.88±0.68), employment and future stress (2.85±0.81). The resilience (2.32±0.58), professional satisfaction, the annual family income are positive to alleviate the medical postgraduate students' mental stress factors.Conclusions Medical postgraduate students' mental stress is influenced by many factors. School should have a targeted mental health education for medical postgraduate students.

Key words: Medical postgraduate students, Mental stress, Resilience, Influencing factor, Investigation

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