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Perceived stress and quality of life of pharmacy students in University of Ghana

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Opoku-Acheampong, Adomah, Kretchy, Irene A., Acheampong, Franklin, Afrane, Barima A., Ashong, Sharon, Tamakloe, Bernice, Nyarko, Alexander K.·2017·BMC Research Notes
DOI 10.1186/s13104-017-2439-6PMC PMC5335855
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BACKGROUND: Stress among pharmacy students could greatly affect their learning activities and general well-being. It is therefore necessary to investigate how stress relates with the quality of life of students to maintain and/or improve their personal satisfaction and academic performance. A school-based longitudinal study was used to investigate the relationship between stress and quality of life of undergraduate pharmacy students. The 10-item perceived stress scale and the shorter version of the WHO quality of life scale were administered to the same participants at two time points i.e. Time 1 (4 weeks into the semester) and Time 2 (8 weeks afterwards). The correlations and differences between the study variables were tested using the Pearson's coefficient and independent sample t test. RESULTS: The mean stress scores were higher at Time 2 compared to Time 1 for the first and second years. However, there was no significant difference in stress for different year groups-Time 1 [F (3) = 0.410; p = 0.746] and Time 2 [F(3) = 0.909; p = 0.439]. Female students had higher stress scores at Time 2 compared to male students. The main stressors identified in the study were; large volume of material to be studied (88.2%), laboratory report writing (78.2%), constant pressure to maintain good grades (66.4%) and the lack of leisure time (46.4%). Even though most students employed positive stress management strategies such as time management (68.2%), other students resorted to emotional eating (9.1%) and alcohol/substance use (1.8%). At Time 2, perceived stress scores were significantly negatively correlated with social relationship (r = -0.40, p ≤ 0.0001), environmental health (r = -0.37, p ≤ 0.0001), physical health (r = -0.49, p ≤ 0.0001) and psychological health (r = -0.51, p ≤ 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The study reported significant correlations between stress and various domains of quality of life of undergraduate pharmacy students. It is thus necessary to institute some personal and institutional strategies to ameliorate the effect of stress on the quality of life of pharmacy students while encouraging the use of positive stress management strategies.

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  • Perception of lack of control to obtain desired social connections or keep aligned with one's values leads to psychological stress and risk of multiple stress-related problems, including anxiety, depression, and impaired quality of life.

    “Indeed, perception of lack of control to obtain the desired quality or quantity of social connections, or keep aligned with one´s values, leads to psychological stress and therefore, the risk of multiple stress-related problems [50], including anxiety, depression, and, as result, impaired quality of life [33,45].”

    From Gender Differences in Psychological Stress Factors of Physical Therapy Degree Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study (2022) · cites this paper as [33]

    The Results (Relationship between stress and quality of life; page unavailable) report a negative correlation between perceived stress and quality of life among Ghanaian pharmacy students. The paper does not establish that stress causes impaired quality of life, and the passages do not report anxiety or depression as outcomes. The cited sentence’s lack-of-control explanation is not supported by this paper either. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Previous research found a correlation between stress and quality of life of university students to maintain and/or improve their personal satisfaction and academic performance.

    “Previous research found a correlation between stress and quality of life of university students to maintain and/or improve their personal satisfaction and academic performance [33].”

    From Gender Differences in Psychological Stress Factors of Physical Therapy Degree Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study (2022) · cites this paper as [33]

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Authors
Opoku-Acheampong, A., Kretchy, I. A., Acheampong, F., Afrane, B. A., Ashong, S., Tamakloe, B., & Nyarko, A. K.
Affiliations
  • University of Ghana (GH)
  • Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
Corresponding author
Kretchy, Irene A.
ORCID
Venue
BMC Research Notes
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-03-02
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
115-115
ISSN
1756-0500 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s13104-017-2439-6
PMC
PMC5335855
OpenAlex
W2592522622
Cited by
90
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 1
FWCI
13.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • BMC Research Notes (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Keywords
perceived stress, quality of life, pharmacy students, undergraduate students, stress management, academic stressors, gender differences, physical and mental health, University of Ghana
MeSH terms
Adult, Emotions, Female, Ghana, Humans, Leisure Activities, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Students, Pharmacy, Time Factors, Universities, Young Adult

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