Level of Stress among Final Year Dental Students while Performing Paediatric Dentistry Procedures in Riyadh CityA Cross-sectional Study

Autor: Abdulfatah Alazmah, Khalid Almotiry, Abdulla Alolaywi, Saad Almugren, mohammed Alqahtani, Abeer Alshami, Alwaleed Abushanan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 14, Iss 11, Pp ZC24-ZC28 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2020/44744.14275
Popis: Introduction: Dentistry is considered a stressful profession. Stress is defined as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. In particular to paediatric dentistry, dental student’s anxiety and stress level is elevated to the peak as managing a child in the dental chair is a great challenge for any dentist. Aim: To evaluate self-reported levels of stress of dental students about performing different procedures in paediatric dentistry in Riyadh city. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among final year dental students in seven different dental schools in Riyadh city. The final questionnaire was used following literature review of similar studies, focus group and piloting stage. The questionnaire addressed upon stress of performing treatment on a child patient and the future specialty preference for final year dental students. Descriptive analysis was done using Microsoft Excel. The statistical analysis were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) (Version 22.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) and conducted at a Confidence Interval (CI) of 95%, and a significance level of 0.05. Internal consistency of the questionnaire was assessed by calculating Cronbach’s alpha. The level of significance was set at p-value
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