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REALITY OF STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AMONG FINAL-YEAR PHARMACY STUDENTS IN DONGNAI
Corresponding Author(s) : Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen
UED Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education,
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020): UED Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education
Abstract
Final-year Pharmacy students are assumed to be at high risk for mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression, especially during the stage prior to graduation. This study is aimed at investigating the reality of stress, anxiety, and depression suffered by final-year Pharmacy students’ (in the academic year 2019-2020) at two universities in Dongnai via a cross-sectional description based on a Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) survey questionnaire. The research results from 134 respondents showed that the proportions of students experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression were 16.4%, 29.8% and 38.8% respectively, of which severe anxiety accounted for 6%, and severe depression accounted for 0.7% analysis. There were also statistically significant differences among groups of students with different academic results. These findings contribute to the universities’construction of appropriate intervention strategies to improve students’ mental health with a view to eliminating their mistakes in clinical pharmaceutical practice in the future.
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