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

Ahmad P 1 , Chaudhary FA 2 , Asif JA 3 , AlSagob EI 4 , Alkahtany MF 5 , Almadi KH 5 Show all authors , AlMubarak A 6 , Abduljabbar T 7 , Vohra F 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Oral Medicine Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
  • 4 Preventive Dental Sciences Department, Community Dentistry Division, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourahbint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 6 Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 7 Department of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud University; Research Chair for Biological Research in Dental Health, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Work, 2022;71(1):177-186.
PMID: 34924411 DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205093

Abstract

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 

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