Cerebral Cortical Activity During Academic Stress Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students at Kampala International University (Uganda).
Africa brains
academic stress
brain stress
brains in Africans
cerebral cortex
medical education
reaction time (RT)
Journal
Frontiers in psychiatry
ISSN: 1664-0640
Titre abrégé: Front Psychiatry
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101545006
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
15
04
2020
accepted:
29
03
2022
entrez:
27
6
2022
pubmed:
28
6
2022
medline:
28
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Stress among medical students is related to their academic lifespan; however, information on brain health among medical students from developing countries continues to be scarce. The objective of this study was to establish perceived academic stress levels, assess the ability to cope with stress, and investigate its effects on the visual reaction time (VRT), audio reaction time (ART), and tactile reaction time (TRT) in the somatosensory cortex among medical students of Uganda. This was a cross-sectional study conducted among preclinical ( This study shows that preclinical students are more stressed than clinical students (PSS prevalence for low stress = preclinical; clinical: 40, 60%). Moderate stress was 48.4 and 51.6% while high perceived stress was 75 and 25% among preclinical and clinical students. Among male and female students in preclinical years, higher TRT and VRT were found in clinical students showing that stress affects the tactile and visual cortical areas in the brain, although the VRT scores were only significantly ( Preclinical students suffer more from stress and are poorer SS than clinical students. This strongly impairs their cortical regions in the brain, thus affecting their academic productivity.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Stress among medical students is related to their academic lifespan; however, information on brain health among medical students from developing countries continues to be scarce. The objective of this study was to establish perceived academic stress levels, assess the ability to cope with stress, and investigate its effects on the visual reaction time (VRT), audio reaction time (ART), and tactile reaction time (TRT) in the somatosensory cortex among medical students of Uganda.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
This was a cross-sectional study conducted among preclinical (
Results
UNASSIGNED
This study shows that preclinical students are more stressed than clinical students (PSS prevalence for low stress = preclinical; clinical: 40, 60%). Moderate stress was 48.4 and 51.6% while high perceived stress was 75 and 25% among preclinical and clinical students. Among male and female students in preclinical years, higher TRT and VRT were found in clinical students showing that stress affects the tactile and visual cortical areas in the brain, although the VRT scores were only significantly (
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Preclinical students suffer more from stress and are poorer SS than clinical students. This strongly impairs their cortical regions in the brain, thus affecting their academic productivity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35757206
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.551508
pmc: PMC9231459
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
551508Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Mujinya, Kalange, Ochieng, Ninsiima, Eze, Afodun, Nabirumbi, Sulaiman, Kairania, Echoru, Okpanachi, Matama, Asiimwe, Nambuya, Usman, Obado, Zirintunda, Ssempijja, Nansunga, Matovu, Ayikobua, Nganda, Onanyang, Ekou, Musinguzi, Ssimbwa and Kasozi.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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