Stress Among College Students is Linked to Headache, PCOS, Hypertension, and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: In the present study, we aimed to find out the prevalence of stress among college students. Methods:In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a simple random sampling approach was chosen for data collection from different colleges of Jammu & Kashmir (UT).Data analysis was done by using the chi-square test, and the t-test was utilized for discrete and continuous variables respectively.The logistic regression model using odds ratio was utilized to find out the association between the risk variable and the dependent variable.Results: A total of 1405 college students were included in which stress was found in 60.49% of students with males representing 34% and females 65.88%.Educational stress was found to be the major contributor of stress-type faced by the students with 46.35%.Different disorders were also observed in students including hypertension 2.70%, PCOS (Poly-cystic ovarian syndrome) 2.34%, and depression 2.84%.Stress was found associated with the PCOS with OR: 3.62 [95% CI: 1.4850-8.84,p-value: 0.0047], headache OR: 3.67, hypertension OR: 5.31 [95% CI: 2.06-13.70,p-value: 0.0006] and depression