Prevalence of Anxiety Disorder among Medical Student of Mosul University Iraq Al-Ghurairi Shatha Abdul-Rahman H. PhD Community Medicine, Lecturer, Clinical Nursing Sciences Department, Nursing College, Mosul University, Iraq Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Background and aims Medical education and profession are among the most challenging and most worrying ones. Anxiety represents an escalating public health problem among medical students. The objective of this study was to verify the prevalence & predictors of anxiety disorder among medical students in Mosul University/Mosul/Iraq. Material and Method So a cross-sectional study was carried out during December 2017. A random sample method was used to select 225 medical students. A confidential & self administered questionnaire included Standardized Taylor scale of honest anxiety was used. Results Among 200 respondent students, 129 (64.5%) were female and 71(35.5%) were male. (37%) of participants aged 18 & 19. Among these participants 7 (3.5%) were smoker, 4 (2%) of them are smoke hookah. Among the participants 63 (31.5%) had no anxiety while 37 (18.5%) had panic state. 109 (54.5%) see dreams cannot told anyone, and 151 (75.5%) are want to be glad like others. Conclusion Medical students in Mosul university had high prevalence of anxiety in comparison with others. educational problems and major life events were the main predictors. Top Keywords Anxiety in medical student, stress in medical student. Top |