Evaluation of Environmental Stress among Students of Kashan Dental School in Academic

Fatemeh Ebrahimzadeh; Negar Mousavi; Hooman Fakhar; Ramin Mosharraf; Zahra Hashemzadeh

doi:10.18502/ijds.v17i4.8653

Fatemeh Ebrahimzadeh Dental Student, School of Dentistry, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
Negar Mousavi Dental Student, School of Dentistry, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
Hooman Fakhar Dental Student, School of Dentistry, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
Ramin Mosharraf Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental Materials Research Center, Dental Sciences Research Center, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Zahra Hashemzadeh Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijds.v17i4.8653

Keywords: Stress, Psychological, Dental student, Education.

Abstract

Introduction: Studying dentistry is associated with high levels of stress. The aim of this study was to investigate the environmental stress experienced by students of Kashan Dental School and influential factors during the academic year of 2020-2021.

Materials and Methods: In this study, all clinical students of Kashan Dental School (118 people) were studied via census method. The standard dental environment stress questionnaire (DES) with demographic characteristics was used to collect information.

Results: In this study, 57.6% of students depicted high environmental stress. The highest frequency of environmental stress was observed in the field of patient treatment (75.4%) and clinical education (66.9%). Environmental stress with regards to gender, place of residence and father's occupation was significant (p value < 0.05). Meanwhile, this variable was not statistically significant with regards to marital status, average grade from last semester, mean age, mother's job and both parents' education (p value < 0.05).

Conclusion: Due to the high level of stress in dental students during their studies and also provided, the dangers of elevated stress, it is necessary for responsible authorities to pay more attention to this issue. In addition, female students, dormitory students and students whose father's are employed by the government are most in need of support.