Evaluación de nivel de estrés académico de los estudiantes de pre grado de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas de la Universidad de Cuenca periodo marzo – julio 2019

Abstract

The present work prior to obtaining the title of Master in Occupational Health and Safety whose objective is to evaluate the level of academic stress of the Pre-graduate students of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the University of Cuenca to propose preventive measures for the students of this Faculty the study was conducted with a sample of 295 students, to whom the SISCO inventory of modified academic stress was applied and a small questionnaire to collect sociodemographic data. The data was collected during the academic period between the months of March and July 2019. The results showed a statistical significance between high levels of stress and sociodemographic factors such as: female sex, the existence of family burdens, the place of Provenance, marital status (different from single), occupation (people who study and work) and the career they study. Similarly, correlation levels were found between high levels of stress and stress factors such as: time overload, academic performance, types of work, a poor understanding of the subjects of studies, second enrollment, final exams, poor grades, Limited time for homework delivery. Furthermore, the study identified a statistical correlation between high levels of stress and symptoms such as chronic fatigue, feelings of sadness, anxiety, concentration problems, and negative emotions such as irritability. Based on these results, measures were proposed that prevent the appearance of the most common symptoms.