A Cross-sectional Study on State Anxiety Among MBBS Students of Government and Private Colleges across Andhra Pradesh and Telengana

The Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) is the course pursued by undergraduate students to becomeDoctors in India. This course is conducted as per the NMC guidelines. This study aimed to study the levels of State Anxietyamong the students of various government and private medical colleges. State Anxiety is the anxiety that is experiencedby an individual as a response to a particular situation and is temporary, whilst Trait Anxiety is suffered by an individualas an inherent character and it’s permanent. The first 20 questions of the State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire, surveyedanxiety levels among 132 medical students across the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana. The results were interpretedand analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The highest MSA (Mean State Anxiety) was observed in the students of DeemedUniversities, probably due to the excessive financial load up on them, in addition to the exhaustive syllabus; whereasLMS (Least Mean Score) was seen in the students of PPP (Public Private Partnership) Colleges. Moreover, State Anxietysurvey among medical students across the years of MBBS in the two provinces reveals that Final Professional Year Part2 candidates showed maximum MSA, while the least was recorded in Post-Interns. This can, possibly be due to the hugeload of syllabi in the final Prof year, that ought to be covered within a limited time. Post-interns on the other hand, havecompleted their graduation, thereby being comparatively more independent financially. The current study leaves scopefor future researchers in the same area but on a different population or sample size as this survey was confined within thestates of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana.