Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Medical Education Tutors: Issues for Academic Prospects

The present study has been conducted to determine the prevalence levels of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among medical educators in Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria. Five research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was utilized for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the participants. The instrument for data collection was adapted from an internationally-developed tool used in various similar researches (DASS 21) constructed by Lovibond and Lovibond, (1995). The tool consists of three subscales with seven items each measured on 3-point rating format with different classification levels. The data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicated that DAS prevalence levels were high among medical educators. There was a significant relationship among DAS with the respondents. While Depression and stress tend to be high among medical educators, anxiety tends not to be prevalent. Based on these findings, recommendations were made among which is to provide medical educators, counseling experts, and psychotherapists with information which is useful in planning, designing and strategizing interventions to effectively and efficiently deal with problems confronting students in our schools