Quranic Circles Attendance: A tool for stress relief among Malaysian medical students?

Medical students may attend Quranic Circles (QC) to cope with stress. Study objectives were to determine its prevalence and investigate its relationship with students' perception of stress and quality of life (QoL). 339 students responded. 78.8% were female and median age was 22. 118 (34.8%) students reported higher stressor levels. 73% attended QC at least a few times a month. They had high spirituality/religiosity (S/R) scores (mean Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) score = 22.43 + 3.23). They have lower stressor levels, higher S/R scores, and better QoL. Clinical year students recorded a better QoL than the pre-clinical year students. Keywords: Malaysia, Medical students, Quranic Circles, Stress  eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI4.2911