British Journal of Medical and Health Research BJMHR 2394-2967 BJMHR0403005 Increasing Levels of Test Anxiety and Psychological Distress with Advancing Years of Medical Education Aziz Nusrat Serafi Abdul Halim Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24382 03 01 2017 4 3

A cross-sectional study was conducted on 411 female students (age group of 19-24 years) in second to sixth year of medical education at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia to assess test anxiety and psychological distress among students during examinations and with the duration of the course. The study employed questionnaires from ‘Westside Test Anxiety scale’ and ‘Kessler Psychological Distress scale (K10)’ and the scores obtained were used to estimate the level of test anxiety and depression among students. Overall, there was high prevalence of test anxiety (53.04%) and psychological distress (82.50%) among students before examinations, with a significant (p

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