Abstract:
Objective of this cross-sectional description study was to determine the factors associated
with stress, coping strategies adopted by them to overcome stress and the prevalence of
psychological distress among postgraduate trainees. Postgraduate trainees are having stress
ranging from a minimum of 35 to a maximum of 125 with a mean of 78.6 and a median of
78 score. Female PG trainees were significantly more stressed than the male PG trainees.
Other factors significantly associated with high stress were having _3 days of on calls per
week, boredom at work and dissatisfaction regarding the income. Conflicts with family
members and adequacy in training by the consultant were marginally associated with high
and low stress respectively. Factors significantly associated with low stress were satisfaction
at work and being rewarded for the good work by the consultant. Prevalence of
psychological distress among study sample was 39.9 percentage. A GHQ score of _6 was
significantly associated with female sex and having _3 days of on calls per week, inadequate
training by the consultant, boredom at work, conflicts with family members, inadequate in
come and recent illness or death of a close relative or friend satisfaction at work and being
rewarded for the good work by the consultant were significantly associated with low
psychological distress
