Hobbelen, Hans

Hodselmans, Audy Paul

Svantesson, Ulla

Health care students’ report high levels of stress with academic pressureas the greatest source. Physiotherapy (PT) curriculum in Sweden is 3 years (180 EC’s) and in the Netherlands 4 years (240 Ec’s)Aim : to determine differences in overall level of stress, stressorsand reactions to stressors between PT students at University ofGothenburg(GU) and Hanze University of Applied Sciences (HUAS)

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Swedish female physiotherapy students have more stressthan Dutch female physiotherapy studentsHodselmans1, Hemdal2, Lundberg2, Bjarnegård2, Hobbelen1 and Svantesson2  1 Research group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen. Netherlands2 Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg SwedenHANZE-16_874BACKGROUNDHealth care students’ report high levels of stress with academic pressure as the greatest source. Physiotherapy (PT) curriculum in Sweden is 3 years (180 EC’s) and in the Netherlands 4 years (240 Ec’s)Aim : to determine differences in overall level of stress, stressors and reactions to stressors between PT students at University of Gothenburg(GU) and Hanze University of Applied Sciences (HUAS).METHODWe performed a Survey with the Student-life Stress Inventory.  The participants consisted of the 2nd year PT students at GU and 3th year at HUAS. Distribution of the questionnaire took place in connection to a regular lecture. RESULTS116 students participated, 56 at GU and 60 at HUAS. At GU 13,7 % of the students rated their level of stress as mild, 72,5 % as moderate. The corresponding values for HUAS were 43,9 % and 43,9%  indicating a signi cant difference (P=0.006) between the two Universities (table 1). Students at GU reported a signi cant higher level of stressors (p = 0.027) and reactions to stressors (p = 0.003), speci cally female students at GU. (table 2 and 3)CONCLUSIONFemale Physiotherapy students from GU showed  signi cant higher level of stress, reported a higher level of stressors and reactions to stressors compared to their Dutch counterparts. The implication is that the outcome could have an impact for shortening the curriculum in the education for physiotherapists.Table 2: subcategories of stressorsP value T-TestStressors All Male FemaleFrustrations 0,516 0,197 0,249Conﬂ icts 0,060 0,391 0,012*Pressures 0,000* 0,914 0,001*Changes 0,340 0,102 0,081Self-imposed 0,182 0,267 0,173Total Stressors 0,027* 0,186 0,005**Signiﬁ cantTable 1: Overall level of stressOverall level GU HUAS P valueOf stress N MeanrankN MeanrankMann-WhitneyU testAll 51 62,26 57 47,55 0.006*Male 12 20,21 26 19,17 0.765Female 38 38,47 28 26,75 0.003**Signiﬁ cantUNIVERSITY OF GUTTENBERGPaul Hodselmansa.p.hodselmans@pl.hanze.nl          Table 3: subcategories reaction to stressorsReaction to Stressors P value T-TestAll Male FemalePhysiological 0.030* 0,197 0.040*Emotional 0.001* 0,987 0,045*Behavioural 0.001* 0,527 0,012*Cognitive 0.365 0,993 0,283Total Reactions 0.003* 0,627 0,020**Signiﬁ cant

Swedish female physiotherapy students have more stress than Dutch female physiotherapy students

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Swedish female physiotherapy students have more stress than Dutch female physiotherapy students

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