Exam-Related Anxiety Levels among Iraqi Medical Students in Baghdad City

Aisha Muthanna shanshal; Saad Abdulrahman  Hussain; Ahmed Mohamed Mahmood; Fatima Abood Zukhair; Ali Sabah Mahdi; Athraa Mohammad Mahmood; Nabaa Mustafa Hamed

doi:10.54133/ajms.v2i.56

Authors

Aisha Muthanna shanshal Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-032X
Saad Abdulrahman Hussain Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, 10052 Baghdad, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-417X
Ahmed Mohamed Mahmood Al-Farabi University College, Baghdad, Iraq
Fatima Abood Zukhair Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad, Iraq
Ali Sabah Mahdi Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad, Iraq
Athraa Mohammad Mahmood Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad, Iraq
Nabaa Mustafa Hamed Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54133/ajms.v2i.56

Keywords:

Exam-related anxiety, Medical students, Online questionnaire, Anxiety reducing program

Abstract

Background: Exam-related anxiety is a set of responses that include excessive worry, depression, nervousness, and irrelevant thinking from an individual's experience of assessment or testing and its outcome. Aim: This study was designed to evaluate exam-related anxiety among medical students in Baghdad City. Methods: This study utilized a cross-sectional survey design and was conducted by administering an online questionnaire to medical students (medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy). Results: A total of 530 students participated in the survey; 20.8% of them came from medical colleges, 41.7% from dentistry schools, and 37.5% from pharmacy schools. Around 27.1% of the respondents reported positive test-related anxiety. Conclusion: Exam-related anxiety is frequent among Iraqi medical students in Baghdad and highlights the need for education programs to reduce this anxiety.