Peker Ilkay, Alkurt Meryem Toraman, Usta Muhammed Genco, Turkbay Tumer
Gazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Emek/Ankara-Türkiye.
Int Dent J. 2009 Apr;59(2):103-11.
The purpose of this study was to identify sources of stress and to evaluate stress levels among Turkish dental students and also to investigate the role of year of study and gender on perceived stressors.
This study included 308 dental students. Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to collect data. Also, some factors considered to be effective on stress levels of dental students were questioned. Data were statistically analysed with Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests.
The most stress provoking factors were fear of failing the year, completion of clinical requirements and amount of assigned work. Statistically significant differences were found between years of study and gender for many stressors. There was statistically significant difference between years of study and gender for mean DES scores but no statistically significant differences were found between years of study for mean BDI, STAI scores. There was statistically significant difference between genders for STAI-1. Choice rank of dental school has affected stress levels of dental students.
This study showed that perceived sources of stress of clinical students were very similar and stress levels of these students were lower than preclinical students, also gender was effective on stressors and stress levels.
本研究旨在确定土耳其牙科学生的压力来源，评估他们的压力水平，并调查学习年份和性别在感知压力源方面的作用。
本研究纳入了308名牙科学生。使用牙科环境压力（DES）问卷、贝克抑郁量表（BDI）和斯皮尔伯格状态特质焦虑量表（STAI）收集数据。此外，还对一些被认为对牙科学生压力水平有影响的因素进行了询问。数据采用克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验和曼-惠特尼U检验进行统计学分析。
最能引发压力的因素是担心学年不及格、完成临床要求以及作业量。在许多压力源方面，学习年份和性别之间存在统计学显著差异。平均DES得分在学习年份和性别之间存在统计学显著差异，但平均BDI、STAI得分在学习年份之间未发现统计学显著差异。STAI-1在性别之间存在统计学显著差异。牙科学校的选择排名影响了牙科学生的压力水平。
本研究表明，临床学生感知到的压力源非常相似，这些学生的压力水平低于临床前学生，而且性别对压力源和压力水平有影响。
