Unexpected Findings!

In the middle of Jan 09, I did a survey on prevalence of stress among secondary school students (around 100 students) in an ordinary secondary school. The survey showed that the prevalence of stress among the students was around 27%. The prevalence is higher compared to the prevalence of normal population (less than 10%). It is nearly similar to the prevalence of stress among medical students which is around 30%. It was unexpected finding because i thought that the prevelance will be much lower, may be less than 15%. This simple survey suggested that even at the secondary school level our students already under high pressure. Let us think for a while about this, what will happen to them if they enter medical school? To verify this finding, we need to conduct a proper survey. However, some lessons to be learnt from this simple survey are teachers should be aware of this problem and early detection of stressed students should be done by the school teachers. Early detection and intervention will reduce negative and unwanted impacts of stress on the students.

PREVENTION is better than CURE