Intrinsic component of resilience among entry level medical students in the United Arab Emirates.

BACKGROUND: Resilience is the capacity to recover and to cope successfully with everyday challenges. Resilience has intrinsic and extrinsic components and an effort has been made to study the intrinsic component and its association with sociodemographic factors, among the entry level students of the Integrated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course. METHOD: The present study was conducted in Gulf Medical University, using a self-administered questionnaire, comprising of two parts, distributed to all the students who consented to participate. The first part contained questions on socio-demographic details while the second part contained questions on the intrinsic and extrinsic components of resilience of the students. The data collected was analysed using Predictive Analytic Software (PASW) 18.0 using frequency, mean, SD and median. RESULTS: Among the 58 students who participated 24 (41.4%) were males and 34 (58.6%) females, of which 70.7% were < 20 years and 29.3% ≥ 20years. The mean score for the intrinsic component of resilience was 48.9 (SD, 5 and range 35-60). The median scores showed no significant variation (p<0.05) with age, gender, religion, nationality, family structure, highest education among parents, the person they share their feelings with or the number of friends. However, minimally higher scores were noted in the median scores of students from nuclear families, with Western nationality and those whose parents had a university level education, who shared their feelings with people of their own generation or outside their family and who have 5-9 friends. CONCLUSION: The intrinsic component of resilience was found to be almost uniform for the study group and the level is high. A study has to further look into its effect on coping with the stresses encountered during the academic year.

Relationship between physical activity, BMI and waist hip ratio among middle aged women in a multiethnic population: a descriptive study

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the relationship between physical activity and Body Mass Index [BMI] and Waist Hip Ratio of middle aged women in a multiethnic population in Ajman, UAE

Materials and Methods: A descriptive methodology was adopted. 150 women of age group 35-59 years attending GMC Hospital, Ajman participated in this research. A self-administered questionnaire was used for subjective and objective assessment, and the waist and hip circumferences were measured using a measuring tape. BMI and waist hip ratio were calculated by standard formulas. Analysis was performed on SPSS 19 version

Results: It was observed that 96% women were involved in some kind of moderate physically activity, 8.6% were involved in vigorous activity, and4% did not perform any physical activity

There is a significant difference in BMI of subjects who participated in vigorous activity but WHR did not show much variation

Conclusion: This study demonstrates that among the middle aged women there is a relationship between physical activity, BMI and waist hip ratio

Relationship between physical activity, BMI and waist hip ratio among middle aged women in a multiethnic population: a descriptive study

This study was conducted to assess the relationship between physical activity and Body Mass Index [BMI] and Waist Hip Ratio of middle aged women in a multiethnic population in Ajman, UAE. A descriptive methodology was adopted. 150 women of age group 35-59 years attending GMC Hospital, Ajman participated in this research. A self-administered questionnaire was used for subjective and objective assessment, and the waist and hip circumferences were measured using a measuring tape. BMI and waist hip ratio were calculated by standard formulas. Analysis was performed on SPSS 19 version. It was observed that 96% women were involved in some kind of moderate physically activity, 8.6% were involved in vigorous activity, and4% did not perform any physical activity. There is a significant difference in BMI of subjects who participated in vigorous activity but WHR did not show much variation. This study demonstrates that among the middle aged women there is a relationship between physical activity, BMI and waist hip ratio

Extrinsic component of resilience among the entry level medical students

The present study assesses the extrinsic component of resilience and its association with age and gender among the entry level students of the integrated MBBS program. The present study was conducted on the entry level students of the MBBS program in College of Medicine, GMU, using a self-administered questionnaire comprising two parts. The first part contained questions pertaining to socio-demographic details while the second part contained questions on the intrinsic and extrinsic components of resilience of the students. Data was analyzed using SPSS 19. Among the 58 students who participated, 24 [41.4%] were males and 34 [58.6%] females, and 70.7% were <20 years and 29.3% >/= 20years. Fourteen questions related to extrinsic factors were rated on a 5-point Likert scale. 91.7% male students and 88.2% of female students strongly agreed/ agreed with the statement "My family accepts me the way I am". 97.1% of female students and 91.7% male students strongly agreed with the statement on receiving high levels of love and support from their family. All females and 95.8% male students strongly agreed/ agreed, "My parent[s] or guardian[s] help me succeed in school." The majority of male students' [91.7%] and 73.5% female students strongly agreed about active participation in the class. No difference was observed with regard to the different resilience factors and socio-demographic factors like age and gender

Intrinsic component of resilience among the entry level medical students

To assess the intrinsic component of resilience and its association with socio-demographic factors among the entry level students of the integrated MRBS course. The present study was conducted on the entry level students of the MBBS course in Gulf Medical College, using a self administered questionnaire comprising of two parts. The first part contained questions pertaining to socio demographic details while the second part contained questions on the intrinsic and extrinsic components of resilience of the students. During the regular class hours, after explaining the purpose of the study, the questionnaire was distributed to all the students who consented to participate. The collected data was analyzed using PASW 18.0 using frequency, mean, SD and median. The present report is based on the analysis of the scores for intrinsic component of resilience and its association with the socio-demographic characteristics of the study group. Among the 58 students who participated 24 [41.4%] were males and 34 [58.6%] females, of which 70.7% were < 20 years and 29.3% >20 years. The mean score for the intrinsic component of resilience was 48.9 with a SD of 5 and the range 35-60. The median scores did not show any significant variation with age, gender, religion, nationality, family structure, education of either parent, the person they share their feelings with or the number of friends. However, minimally higher scores were noted in the median scores of students from nuclear family, western nationality and those whose parents had a university level education, who shared their feelings with people of their own generation or outside their family and who had 5-9 friends. The intrinsic component of resilience was found to be more or less uniform for the study group and the level is high. A study has to further look into its effect on coping with the stresses in the new academic program