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dc.contributor.author | Sehrish Zehra | |
dc.contributor.author | Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi | |
dc.contributor.author | Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie | |
dc.contributor.author | Samira Faiz | |
dc.contributor.author | Farhan Muhammad Qureshi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-03T10:48:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-03T10:48:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2220-7562 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11455 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To assess level of anxiety, its associated factors and coping strategies in postgraduate trainees of public and private teaching hospitals of Karachi Study Design and Setting: It was a cross-sectional study. The data was collected from different major teaching hospitals February 2019 till April Methodology: A total of 230 postgraduate trainees were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire specifically designed for this study which included General Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale and Brief COPE Questionnaire. Data were analyzed on SPSS version 21. Chi-square test and multinomial logistic regression was performed and P-value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant Results: Total 39.6% of the participants had no anxiety, 34.3% had mild, 16.1% had moderate while 10.0% had severe anxiety. Being single, nuclear family system and low monthly household income had higher odds of having severe anxiety (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR); 5.50, 95% CI 1.38,22.14, AOR; 2.50, 95% CI 0.83,7.51 and AOR; 3.17, 95% CI 0.96,10.49 respectively). Severe anxiety was also highly associated with irregular sleep pattern (AOR; 2.06, 95% CI 0.70, 6.06), no daily exercise (AOR; 5.01, 95% CI 1.21, 2.69) and lack of job satisfaction (AOR; 2.64, 95% CI 0.90, 7.90). The most frequently adapted coping strategies by participants who were found to have anxiety were, planning (89.9%), acceptance (87%) and religion (85.6%). Conclusion: Postgraduate trainees should be provided with psychological counseling and support at workplace to keep them mentally healthy to enhance their everyday performance in dealing and treating patients. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | JBUMDC | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Bahria University Medical and Dental College Karachi | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 12;01 | |
dc.subject | Anxiety levels, Coping Strategies, Medical residents, Postgraduate trainees, Teaching hospitals. | en_US |
dc.title | Association of Levels of Anxiety in Resident Doctors with Factors related to the Postgraduate Training in Teaching Hospitals | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |