Abstract

Background: The study of the health professions is extremely demanding and challenging which requires students to manage a complex learning and professional environment. For students to perform at their best in higher education settings, they need to be able to effectively deal with pressure. There is dearth of literature regarding stress and work ability among final year, interns and post graduate students. So, we intend to determine the prevalence of work-related psychological stress and workability among physiotherapy students. Materials and Methods: A Google form questionnaire was created with surveyrelated questions from the Work Ability Index (WAI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 106 physiotherapy students (aged 19 to 26) were chosen (convenience sample) from different physiotherapy institutions in Gujarat. Result: there is persistence perceived stress and work ability among the physiotherapy colleges across Gujarat. Conclusion: Majority of the population reported to have moderate level of perceived stress and excellent work ability.

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