Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Childhood Protective Factors (CPF) on physical and mental health of medical students of a public sector medical university.

ABSTRACT: The current study aimed to assess the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Childhood Protective Factors (CPF) on physical and mental health of medical students of a public sector medical university. An online cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at a public sector medical university in Lahore, Pakistan from 1 June 2024 to 30 August 2024. The study tool consisted of sociodemographic questions, an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) questionnaire, and a Resilience Questionnaire for measuring childhood protective factors and self-reported physical and mental health in the last 4 weeks. Data was entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 26.0. A total of 368 medical students participated in the survey of which 125 (33.96%) were ma

SUBMITTER: Ali U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849864 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature