Perception of mistreatment and levels of stress in medical students in Cajamarca

Rabanal-Vásquez P.G.; Bazualdo-Fiorini E.; Salazar-Vásquez J.E.; Portilla-Delgado E.; Portilla-Linares M.M.; Valdez-Portilla J. · Health Leadership and Quality of Life (2023) · DOI: 10.56294/hl2023255

Resumen

Objective: to establish whether the perception of abuse was related to the prevalence of stress in the year 2024. Material and Methods: the type of study was quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational in design. 85 students were evaluated, they were selected by non-probabilistic sampling for convenience, a significant p < 0,05 was used as a parameter to determine the relationship between variables. Results: a prevalence of high levels of stress of 82,3 % was found in the students, which is related to different types of abuse, academic abuse with a significant correlation with a (p = 0,020); psychological abuse with a (p = 0,0282); On the contrary, physical abuse with a (p = 0,52) and sexual abuse with a (p = 0,2308) showed no significant correlation. Sex and year of study demonstrated a significant relationship with stress levels, with values of p = 0,0274 and p = 0,0492, respectively. Regarding stress levels, a deep stress rate of 65,88 % was obtained, being the most frequent to occur, followed by zero stress with 17,65 % and moderate stress with 16,47 %. of the 70 cases that did present stress. Conclusion: there were two types of abuse, in addition to the variables sex and year of study, significantly associated with the presence of stress levels.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca; Universidad Católica de Santa María; Universidad César Vallejo