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Wali, Aisha, Ikram, Kashif, Siddqui, Talha M., Jawed, Rubab, Muhammadi, Khalid Dad, Ahmed, Mazid, Qudos, Abdul |
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Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College; Sep2021, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p148-152, 5p |
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Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the stress levels and impact of students'year and gender on perceived causes amongst clinical dental students and house surgeons. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from October 2018 - December 2018 after getting ethical approval from ethical committee and permission for data collection was approved from R&D department. Dental students from third year, final year and house surgeons were included in the study (n= 250). A structured pre validated questionnaire, Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire 21 consisted of 23 closed ended questions with three responses of categories that are 1) No stress, 2) Mild- moderate and 3) severe stress was used. Data was analysed for frequency and percentages and chi -square test was done to assess the association between academic qualifications with other variables. Results: The response rate was 59.2%. Majority of them were females 56.8% and 43.2% were male participants. Total 43(28.9%) participants reported severe stress regarding fear of getting infectious disease from patients. Approximately 13(35.1%) of 3rd year BDS students reported stress regarding examination and grading of patient when compared to 4th year BDS students and house surgeons with a significant relationship. Approximately 17(22.7%) of 4th year BDS students reported severe stress due to fear of failure in examination when compared to 3rd year BDS students and house surgeons. Approximately 13 (35.1%) of the 3rd year BDS students reported stress regarding difficulty with class work. Conclusion: The present study concluded that moderate to slightly elevated levels of stress were reported in dental students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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