Alzahem Abdullah M, Van der Molen Henk T, De Boer Benjamin J
Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Residency Program, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center/King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences/National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2013 Oct 18;4:217-22. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S46214. eCollection 2013.
Stress among dental students can be a significant threat, resulting in physical and/or mental illness, and have a negative effect on students' performance and the professional practice of dentistry. Stress can occur from different sources. The purpose of this study is to test whether the year of study has an effect on the stress levels of dental students.
Our study consisted of a cross-sectional survey using a modified version of the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire. The questionnaires were filled out by male undergraduate dental students at King Saud University in Riyadh City during the 2010-2011 academic year (n = 214).
THE RESULTS SHOW THE MOST COMMON SOURCES OF STRESS: examinations and completing clinical requirements. Moreover, in the five-year lecture-based traditional curriculum, the third year students reported the highest level of stress, whereas the first year reported the lowest level of stress.
Third year undergraduate dental students reported the highest level of stress. This stress could be reduced by reviewing and modifying the dental curriculum by allowing students to have contact with patients more gradually, starting from the first year, in addition to adding stress prevention and intervention programs in dental curricula.
牙科专业学生的压力可能是一个重大威胁，会导致身体和/或精神疾病，并对学生的学业表现和牙科专业实践产生负面影响。压力可能源于不同的来源。本研究的目的是测试学习年份是否会对牙科专业学生的压力水平产生影响。
我们的研究包括一项横断面调查，使用的是经过修改的牙科环境压力（DES）问卷。这些问卷由利雅得市沙特国王大学的男性本科牙科专业学生在2010 - 2011学年填写（n = 214）。
结果显示压力最常见的来源是考试和完成临床要求。此外，在为期五年的以讲座为主的传统课程中，三年级学生报告的压力水平最高，而一年级学生报告的压力水平最低。
牙科专业本科三年级学生报告的压力水平最高。通过审查和修改牙科课程，让学生从一年级开始就更逐步地接触患者，以及在牙科课程中增加压力预防和干预项目，可以减轻这种压力。
