Alamoush, Rasha A, Al-Sawaeir, Sereen, Baker, Dima Abu, Aljamani, Sanaa A 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6592-4923, Alomoush, Salah A and Al-Omiri, Mahmoud K
(2024)
Stress experienced by dental students performing clinical training in different dental disciplines: a cross-sectional study.
Journal of occupational health, 66 (1).
uiae006-uiae006.
Abstract
<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the stress level, the impact of stress factors, and discrepancies between fourth- and fifth-year undergraduate clinical students at the University of Jordan.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted in the academic year 2022/2023. The study group included fourth- and fifth-year dental students at the University of Jordan (n = 382) who were asked to voluntarily fill in an online dental environment stress (DES) questionnaire. Analysis was conducted using Mann-Whitney U test, independent t-test, χ2 test, and Spearman ρ rank correlations. Statistical significance was inferred when P < .05.<h4>Results</h4>Fourth-year students reported higher levels of nervousness before treating patients for the first time. Fifth-year students faced more difficulty, higher stress, and/or fear regarding the amount of assigned work, provided treatment, completed requirements, failing the course, time to finish assignments, patient comprehensive care, and financial expenses of the course. Comparison between groups revealed that the fifth-year students scored higher levels of stress on the total DES score and all partial DES scores. Furthermore, the total DES questionnaire scores were significantly correlated with grade point average (GPA) among the total study sample and the prosthodontics clinical course marks among the fourth-year students' group.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The stress level among students in clinical courses was influenced by their academic performance, gender, year level, and the type and time needed for the provided treatment. Completing course requirements was among the most commonly faced stressors. Future research endeavors might be considered to study each clinical factor, its impact on students' stress level, and how to manage and positively improve these factors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Cross-Sectional Studies, Stress, Psychological, Anxiety, Students, Dental, Surveys and Questionnaires |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences > School of Dentistry |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2024 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2024 13:52 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/joccuh/uiae006 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1093/joccuh/uiae006 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3180213 |
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