Medical Science

  • Home

Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Knowledge of mental health challenges among healthcare students – Findings from a medical university

Ahmed A Albassam1, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal2, Fahad I Al-Saikhan1, Salah-Ud-Din Khan3, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal1♦

1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia.
2Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, 08100, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia
3Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

♦Corresponding author
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia; Email: m.javed@psau.edu.sa

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study aimed to determine the knowledge about mental health challenges (MHCs) among healthcare students in a medical university. Method: A cross-sectional study was performed among healthcare students of a university to determine knowledge about MHCs with a validated research tool using a convenient stratified sampling technique. The Pearson Chi-Square test was used with Fisher’s Exact and Phi Cramer’s V values were obtained to determine the differences among the studied variables. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze the data. Results: Among 284 students, female students had more adequate knowledge than males. The majority of the participants had adequate knowledge about MHCs. Among the different age groups, the students of 25-30 years’ groups showed better results in terms of adequate knowledge of MHCs. Conclusion: Overall good knowledge of MHCs was observed among the healthcare students.

Keywords: knowledge, mental health challenges, MHCs, healthcare students

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 3881-3890
PDF

©   Discovery Publication.  All Rights Reserved
Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, India