[
    {
        "id": "osp-11504",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "A Comparative Study of Perceived Stress among Female Medical and Non-Medical University Students in Dammam, Saudi Arabia",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Dabal",
                "given": "Badria K."
            },
            {
                "family": "Koura",
                "given": "Manal R."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Sowielem",
                "given": "Parveen"
            },
            {
                "family": "Latifa",
                "given": ""
            },
            {
                "family": "Makki",
                "given": "Suhair M."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/a-comparative-study-of-perceived-stress-among-female-medical-and-non-medical-university-students-in-dammam-saudi-arabia",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "10",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "231-240",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.1192",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate any differences between female undergraduate medical and non-medical students for: 1) prevalence and causes of perceived academic stress, and 2) changes in physical, mental, psychological and emotional health as well as life-style since starting college studies. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Dammam University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in January 2008. All 319 pre-clinical female medical students were included in the study and 297 non-medical students from the College of Applied Studies and Community Services (CASCS) were selected by stratified random sampling. The study instrument was a questionnaire on the “Influence of Studying on Students’ Health”. Results: More medical students (48.6%) reported being frequently stressed due to studies than CASCS students (38.7%, P"
    }
]