Strides in Development of Medical Education

Assessment of Dental Environment Stress among Clinical Dentistry Students in Kerman Dental School Iran in 2014

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Arash Shahravan 1
Mehrnaz Karimi-Afshar 2
Molouk Torabi 3
Sina Safari 4

1 Ph.D. of Endodontics, Associate Professor, Endodontology Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Dentist, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Ph.D. in Oral Pathology, Associate Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

4 Ph.D. in Prosthodontics, Assistant Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract
Background & Objective: Dentistry has been widely acknowledged as being associated with high levels of stress This stress originates in the process of dental education The aim of the present study was to evaluate dental environment stress (DES) in students of the School of Dentistry of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted on 165 students Data were collected using the Dental Environment Stress Questionnaire (consisting of 32 items in 6 scales) and demographic information questionnaire Data were analyzed in SPSS software using ttest and ANOVA Pvalue was considered at 5% Results: Of the 165 respondents 533% were women and 782% were single Their mean age was 2363 ± 294 years and mean score was 1605 ± 110 The mean of DES score was 8260 ± 1453 out of a total of 128 In academic factors fear of exam and failure of the course were the most important stressors There was a statistically significant association between mean DES score and gender There was no statistically significant association between mean DES score and marriage status student`s work and priority of field selection Conclusion: The results of the present study were similar to that of previous studies They showed the existence of DES Academic factors were one of the most important stressors

Keywords

Dental environment
Stress
Students
Kerman (Iran)
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Strides in Development of Medical Education
Volume 12, Issue 4
2016
Pages 586-595

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