Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 230-238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220631
Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students
Vibhuti Thodge
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PMT, Loni, Maharashtra, India.
ABSTRACT
Social Anxiety is the most common form of anxiety. Social Anxiety is usually misunderstood to be shyness and hence is important to be clinically diagnosed and treated. Anxiety affects the individual’s professional and personal life. In students it affects the academics and practical sessions of the curriculum. Social Anxiety Disorder in general public marks up to 80%. The objective of this study was to find the prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder in undergraduate physiotherapy students. The results were assessed using the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale. It is a 20 items questionnaire and each item is scored from 0 to 4 marks and then the total sum of all the answers is calculated. If the score is 36 and above it is considered to be indicative of Social Anxiety Disorder. Total 307 students participated in this study. The questionnaire was sent to students using google forms. Out of 307 students, 66 students had score below 36, and remaining 241 students had a score of 36 and above. This concluded that out of all the participants, 78.5% people had Social Anxiety Disorder.
Key words:Social Anxiety Disorder, Undergraduate Students, Physiotherapy .