Risk analysis of factors in clinical anxiety among undergraduate and postgraduate students in dentistry

BACKGROUND: When anxiety is persistent among dental students, the consequence could be poor academic performance, ill health, lack of empathy, and exhaustion. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the level of anxiety along with anxiety-provoking factors among clinical dental students. METHODS: T...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2022-01, Vol.71 (1), p.177-186
Main Authors: Ahmad, Paras, Chaudhary, Farooq Ahmad, Asif, Jawaad A., AlSagob, Eman I., Alkahtany, Mazen F., Almadi, Khalid H., AlMubarak, Abdulrahman, Abduljabbar, Tariq, Vohra, Fahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Anxiety
Child
College students
Colleges & universities
Dental Anxiety
Dental pulp
Dental schools
Dentistry
Fear
Female
Graduate students
Graduate studies
Health care
Humans
Male
Patients
Risk analysis
Risk Assessment
Risk communication
Students
Students, Dental
Undergraduate study
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Summary:BACKGROUND: When anxiety is persistent among dental students, the consequence could be poor academic performance, ill health, lack of empathy, and exhaustion. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the level of anxiety along with anxiety-provoking factors among clinical dental students. METHODS: This study included dental undergraduate and postgraduate clinical students from a public university. A modified version of the self-administered Moss and McManus questionnaire, which consisted of 50 items, was utilized to evaluate the levels of anxiety. The results were analyzed using SPSS® version 24. The significance level was set at p 
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-205093