Occurrence of Medical Student Syndrome and Associated Factors Among AAUP Nursing students in Palestine

Background Medical Students Syndrome (MSS) is defined that medical students show health related anxiety and irrational fear during studying a specific disease related to the fact that they falsely related their symptoms to the disease that is being studied. So, this intense and irrational fear and anxiety can cause many physical symptoms that affect the students' quality of life. Purpose This study aimed to assess the occurrence of medical student syndrome and associated factors among AAUP nursing students in Palestine. Methods Quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study design conducted at large university in Palestine. The sampling method was convenience sampling. Data collected by self-administered questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS 27. Results The prevalence of MSS was 43.35%, indicating a moderate response level of stress among nursing students at AAUP. For the factors that are associated with this syndrome, and despite the presence of variation in mean score between independent variable, but there were no any significant relationship between them at (p − 0.05). Conclusion It's important to raise awareness among nursing students about stress caused by MSS. Also, it's important to share this issue with other health care providers to determine the appropriate methods to deal with this stress.