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Physiotherapy students' perceived stress, stressors, and reactions to stressors: A comparative study between Sweden
Audy-Paul Hodselmans1, Elin Hemdal2, Sophie Lundberg2
1a Physical Therapy and Research group Healthy Ageing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen , Groningen , Netherlands.
Background And Purpose:
Studies of healthcare students report increased levels of stress, with academic pressures being the greatest source. The objective of this study was to examine the differences in the overall stress level, stressors, and reactions to stressors between physiotherapy students at the University of Gothenburg (GU) and those at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences (HUAS).
Methods:
The Student-life Stress Inventory was used. The participants (n = 116) included physiotherapy students at GU and HUAS. The distribution of the questionnaire occurred during a regular lecture or in a lecture that was scheduled particularly for its distribution.
Results:
At GU, 13.7% of the students rated their level of stress as mild, whereas 72.5% of them rated it as moderate. The corresponding values for HUAS students were 43.9% and 43.9%, respectively. This difference between two universities was significant (p = 0.006). The total score of the subcategories indicated that the students at GU reported significantly higher levels of stressors (p = 0.027) and reactions to stressors (p = 0.003). However, there were no significant differences in the male participants between the universities.
Conclusion:
Female students in their three-year educational program in Sweden experienced significantly more stress than Dutch female students in their four-year educational program.
