Stressful life events affects human body, which may lead to cardiovascular diseases and effect metabolism and immune system. Recent studies showed increase in stress levels in developing countries. This study aimed to determine the stress levels in MBBS students. The objectives of the study are (a) To determine the current stress level, (b) To assess relation between stress level and lifestyle of college students. The present study was carried out in Ahmedabad City of Gujarat State. A total of 400 medical students were included in the study, which were selected using multi-stage sampling aged between 18 years to 25 years. Students were questioned regarding their socioeconomic and life-style parameters. The results showed that physical activity such as walking, exercise, yoga, meditation etc. were associated to stress levels. College students showed high stress levels with more satisfaction were mostly smokers. Their major reason for eating junk food and smoking was, increase in stress. Conclusion: Majority of students suffered from moderate stress levels. Despite of having stress they were happy and satisfied with life with less/no internet addiction. Spirituality and stress scales had a positive correlation as most of the students were averagely/highly spiritual. Discriminant function can be used to determine the stress level of a person using age, BMI, internet addiction, spirituality, happiness scale and life satisfaction scale of that person.
Stress, Life Satisfaction, Internet Addiction, Happiness, Spirituality
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