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ANXIETY PROPORTION AND ITS RELATED CONDITION IN ALMAAREFA COLLEGE IN RIYADH, KSA DURING 2014-2015.

Abrar Al bishri, Aminah al Essa, BatoolAlherz, Ebtehalhamid, Fatimah Alabdulmohsen, GhadaAlkhahtani, HawraAlabbad, Lubna Abdullah, MahaAlashmouny, Noor Alaithan.

Anxiety is a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worrying. It is very important condition to spot the light on since it's widely spread in worldwide - the most common of all mental disorders—currently affects about one in 13 people[ Baxter A., 2012 ] - regardless age, and depending on its severity, its effect varies from person to person. We distributed our questionnaire to the students of Al-Maarifa college in Riyadh during November 2015. In 12/12/2015 we received 139 replied (responders) through e-mail, WhatsApp, face book and line Apps. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20 program. For analysis purpose, sex, faculty, and anxiety score were coded. Mean and standard deviation values of age, and anxiety score were calculated. In this research, among the all students, 75.5% of students are suffering from anxiety. Moreover, it was concluded that the prevalence of anxiety in Faculty of medicine (69.1%) was the highest among other Faculties. Furthermore, anxiety levels were found to be highest in junior students.

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