Impact of Protracted War Crisis on Dental Students: A Comparative Multicountry Cross-sectional Study.

Autor: Joury E; Centre for Dental Public Health and Primary Care, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, The Royal London Hospital, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK., Barngkgei I; Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Al-Wataniya Private University, Hama, Syria., Al-Batayneh OB; Department of Orthodontics, Pediatric and Community Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.; Department of Preventive Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan., El Tantawi M; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Alhaffar BAM; Department of Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden., Alshalabi F; Founder and CEO, Niuversity, Berlin, Germany., Aly NM; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Al-Nahlawi T; Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Syrian Private University and Damascus University, Damascus, Syria., Abdelgawad F; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Bourzgui F; Department of Dento-Facial Orthopedic, Faculty of Dentistry, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco., Berrezouga L; Department of Microbiology-Immunology and Endodontics, University of Monastir-Faculty of Dental Medicine, Monastir, Tunisia., Amran AG; Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Thamar University, Dhamar, Yemen., Al-Ansari A; Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia., Dama MA; Department of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestinian., El-Swiah JM; Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Misurata Faculty of Dentistry, University of Misurata, Misurata, Libya., Bacho R; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon., Doughan B; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon., Doumit M; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon., Al-Sane M; Department of Developmental and Preventive Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait., Ibrahim O; Department of Dentistry, Al-Manara College for Medical Sciences, Amarah, Iraq.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Education for health (Abingdon, England) [Educ Health (Abingdon)] 2023 Sep 01; Vol. 36 (3), pp. 123-130. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 22.
DOI: 10.4103/efh.efh_127_23
Abstrakt: Background: The impact of conflict and war crisis on dental students is poorly understood. Given the prolonged conflicts and political instability in the Arabic-speaking countries, it is crucial to investigate the effect of these conditions on dental students. This study aimed to assess the impact of protracted war on dental students by comparing the personal, university, and wider context challenges they face across war-affected and unaffected countries.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including a convenience sample of dental students from 13 universities in 12 Arabic-speaking countries. Respondents were those at entry and exit points of their undergraduate dental training. A self-administered paper questionnaire collected anonymized data on sociodemographics, and personal, university, and wider context challenges that students were facing. Multivariable Poisson regression analyses were carried out.
Results: The overall response rate was 64.8%. The mean age was 21.2 (standard deviation = 2.1) years, with 68% of participants being female. After adjusting for age and sex, dental students in Arabic-speaking countries affected by protracted war crisis were significantly more likely to report wider context challenges compared to their counterparts in unaffected countries (n = 2448; beta = 1.12; 95% confidence interval: 1.10-1.13; P < 0.001).
Discussion: Dental students in Arabic-speaking countries affected by protracted war crisis were more likely to suffer from wider context challenges such as difficulties in attendance due to the deterioration of security and lack of flexibility of teaching time to accommodate the different circumstances induced by the war crisis. Supporting dental students in areas affected by protracted war crises is needed and may include developing online dental education programs.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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