Niloofar Shadman; Maryam Raoof; Sara Amanpour; Mahsa Mahdian; Jahangir Haghani; Molouk Torabi Parizi
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Background Dental students are exposed to various stressors that are related to treatment procedures, training, and administrative challenges in the college. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the stress, anxiety, and depression levels of dental students and their relationships with demographic ...
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Background Dental students are exposed to various stressors that are related to treatment procedures, training, and administrative challenges in the college. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the stress, anxiety, and depression levels of dental students and their relationships with demographic factors. Methods This was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study on 297 dental students enrolled at the Kerman University of Medical Science in 2015 - 2016. The stress, anxiety, and depression levels were measured using the depression anxiety stress scale-21 (DASS-21). Data on demographic characteristics were also obtained. The statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS (version 11.0) using the chi-squared test. P < 0.05 was set as the level of significance. Results The mean age of the participants was 23.80 ± 1.2 years; 58.9% were female, 88.9% were married, and 33.7% were dormitory students. Free education was provided for 64% of the students while the others were charged a tuition fee. The prevalence rates of moderate to extremely severe levels of stress, anxiety, and depression were 39.7%, 39.4%, and 35.7%, respectively. Stress, anxiety, and depression were not significantly associated with the year of academic study, gender, marital status, and place of residence (P > 0.05). The students with higher scores in the entrance exam who were free of charge presented significantly higher levels of severe-to-extremely severe stress and depression (P = 0.003 and P = 0.033, respectively) than students who were charged tuition fees. Conclusions Based on the findings of the present study, the high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among dental students in Kerman is alarming. This emphasizes the need for interventions, with the development of appropriate support services for this group. However, further studies should be conducted to find major sources of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Jahangir Haghani; Molouk Torabi; Armin Rafiee-Pour
Volume 12, Issue 4 , January 2016, , Pages 671-678
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Background & Objective: Clinical training is of great importance in dentistry and has a direct impact on health of the society and treatment of patients The present study was conducted with the aim to obtain students point of views about facilities physical environment and training methods in the ...
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Background & Objective: Clinical training is of great importance in dentistry and has a direct impact on health of the society and treatment of patients The present study was conducted with the aim to obtain students point of views about facilities physical environment and training methods in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology School of Dentistry of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This descriptive and crosssectional study was conducted on dental students who had had passed at least 1 unit of radiology course The participants were selected through census sampling method The data collection tool was a questionnaire consisting of 28 items in 5 scales and a section on demographic information The 5 scales consisted of evaluation of equipment quality of education in terms of diagnosis skills quality of education in terms of clinical skills practical education on patients and miscellaneous questions The questionnaire was designed by the researchers and its validity and reliability were evaluated Data were analyzed in SPSS software using ttest and analysis of variance (ANOVA) All Pvalues of less than 005 were considered significant Results: Of the 146 respondents 432% were men and 568% were women The mean score of the questionnaire was 7624 ± 1442 from a total of 140 Overall students satisfaction was at a moderate level Students satisfaction level with practical training in different techniques and bone and dental fractures diagnosis using radiography was low In the students view the quantity and quality of radiography devices was inadequate There was no statistically significant association between different inputs in terms of satisfaction and the students gender Conclusion: The students in the present study were relatively satisfied with radiology courses However in their opinion the quantity and quality of radiology devices were low Thus the repairing and updating of the radiography devices is recommended
Molouk Torabi; Jahangir Haghani; Marzieh Karimi Afshar; Payman Mohseni
Volume 11, Issue 4 , February 2015, , Pages 534-541
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Background & Objective: Exam anxiety is a significant problem among university students and can be accompanied by a decline in performance and severe psychological problems This study was designed to investigate exam anxiety levels among dental students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran ...
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Background & Objective: Exam anxiety is a significant problem among university students and can be accompanied by a decline in performance and severe psychological problems This study was designed to investigate exam anxiety levels among dental students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2013 Methods: This descriptive crosssectional study was conducted on dental students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences The participants were selected using census method The data collection tool was a questionnaire consisting of the 20item standard Exam Anxiety Questionnaire (Spielberger) demographic characteristics causes of anxiety methods of decreasing exam anxiety and exam method Data were analyzed using SPSS software and linear regression and Student s ttest Results: Of the participants 5657% were men their mean age was 227 ± 218 and 3771% lived with their parents The mean score of the exam anxiety questionnaire was 4729 ± 1057 the maximum score being 80 The first activity during leisure time was exercising (30%) and fear of failure was the first cause of exam anxiety Theoretical final exams were the cause of the exam anxiety in 5490% of participants Seeing friends was the most common method of decreasing anxiety There was no significant correlation between mean exam anxiety score and sex age academic year marriage status and academic performance A significant correlation was observed between area of residence and mean exam anxiety score Conclusion: Based on our findings dental students had varying degrees of exam anxiety Thus we recommend the training of exam anxiety reduction methods during the course of the term by professionals
Molouk Torabi; Jahangir Haghani; Iman Mousavi
Volume 11, Issue 2 , August 2014, , Pages 244-250
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Background & Objective: Adequate time and an organized plan to study have an efficient role in improvement educational performance This study was performed to determine the dental students skills and habits in Kerman dental students Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted on ...
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Background & Objective: Adequate time and an organized plan to study have an efficient role in improvement educational performance This study was performed to determine the dental students skills and habits in Kerman dental students Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted on Kerman dental students in 2013 Data were collected by questionnaire in 2 parts demographic characteristics and study skill and habits consist of 24 questions in 6 domains Higher scores indicated more appropriate study skills and habits Results: 481% were males and 519% were females with mean age of 2346 ± 609 years The mean score was 7132 ± 1065 out of 120 There was a significant correlation between the students total mean score (P = 0049) mean of study hours (P = 0033) and studying before class (P = 0050) with the mean score of questionnaire 77% 859% and 64% had good study skills moderate and poor study skills and habits respectively 519% had 24 hours daily study and 468% had 68 hours daily in exams interval Conclusion: Study skills and habits in this study were moderate Teaching study skills can help dental students in better learning and understanding
Jahangir Haghani; Sanam Mirbeigi; Hossein Safi Zadeh
Volume 10, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 343-349
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Background & Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate students skill in identification of intraoral radiographs faults and the way correcting them Methods: Seven intraoral radiographs included 6 periapical radiographs and 1 bitewing with common errors selected The slides were showed to each ...
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Background & Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate students skill in identification of intraoral radiographs faults and the way correcting them Methods: Seven intraoral radiographs included 6 periapical radiographs and 1 bitewing with common errors selected The slides were showed to each student in standard and same condition Each student must have passed the relative radiologic courses The radiographs included 7 technical errors and 4 processing errors Each student was asked to assess each film for the presence/absence of film fault(s) and to detail how to correct the faults Descriptive analytical test and ttest were used to assess the data Results: The minimum and maximum scores were 9 and 19 respectively out the total score 22 The mean score of the identification film faults was 77 and the mean score of troubleshooting the faults was 58 of 11 The ttest showed no statistically significant difference between the male and female student (P > 005) Conclusion: The skill of student in identification the film faults is superior to troubleshooting the errors There was no statistically significant difference between the male and female student