Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Faculty Member, Department of Immunology, School of medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Faculty of member, Medical Faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
3 Faculty of member, Psychology & Educational Faculty, Ahvaz Shahid Chamran University University, Ahvaz, Iran.
4 Student of anesthesia, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Students are involved in many problems during education period, for this reason identifying the types of students' problems and providing appropriate solutions to decrease these problems can be effective on educational improvements. This study carried out to determine the problems of students attending in consulting centers in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. This cross-sectional study evaluated the problems of 640 students referred to consulting offices. Database was extracted from the records of consulting offices and then was analyzed by SPSS-18, chi-square, and t tests. 640(19.8%) of overall 3200 students referred at least one time to the University Consulting offices for their problems. 172 students(27%) were male and 468 students (73%) were female with mean age 22±3.4(18 to 38 yrs.). The main problems declared by students were: 163(25.6%) education problems, 140(22%) mental problems, 137(21.5%) personal problems, 130(20.4%) marital problems, and 67(10.5%) family problems. The results showed that the problems were different to students. Therefore, consulting offices would be able to provide various services to help the students solve problems. Most of the problems mentioned by students were educational problems and psychological problems respectively.
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