Paras Abbas,Zara Masood,Bilal Ahmed
Abstract: Objective: To determine the prevalence of emotional distress in medical students of different medical institutes. Material and Methods: A total of 103 medical students were included in this study. A predefined questionnaire was served. The data collected was entered and analyzed using SPSS Ver. 22.0. Results: The mean age of the students was 25.23±1.02 years. There were 65 female students (67.01%) and 32 male students (32.98%). Emotional distress was found in 52.77% of the students including 36 (37.11%) female and 15 (15.46%) male students. Conclusion: Medical students suffer from emotional distress throughout their academic career and ward rotations and girls are more prone to this emotional distress. Keywords: Emotional distress, medical education, Health Professionals