A cross-sectional study to determine factors causing stress among medical students at Shantabaa Medical College, Gujarat, India using Medical Students’ Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ)

Abstract

Background
Stress is defined as the body’s non-specific response or reaction to demands made on it, or to disturbing events in the environment. It has been observed that medical school environments in India are extremely stressful and that this stress has led to suicide attempts by students. At the present time, the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences are affecting everyone’s day-to-day life, making medical students more stressed than ever. This study aimed to determine levels of stress in medical students during 2021.