What is it about?
We surveyed 300 undergraduate physical therapy students from five institutes in Peshawar using the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale. Seventy-two percent had moderate stress, 23.3% had high stress and 4.7% had low stress. Female students reported significantly higher stress scores than male students.
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Why is it important?
Persistent stress can affect wellbeing, learning and academic performance. Identifying its scale and the groups most affected can help universities design better student support, coping-skills programmes and further research into the causes of stress.
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From my perspective, this work matters because Persistent stress can affect wellbeing, learning and academic performance. I hope the findings support further research and informed, evidence-based decisions.
Yasar Yousafzai
Khyber Medical University
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This page is a summary of: PERCEIVED STRESS IN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS OF PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Pakistan Journal of Physiology, December 2023, Pakistan Physiological Society,
DOI: 10.69656/pjp.v14i3.847.
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