Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with Transplant Surgery, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine Relevance (CHIMOMO), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2021 Aug;25(3):621-633. doi: 10.1111/eje.12640. Epub 2020 Dec 14.
The outbreak and diffusion of the novel SARS-CoV2 coronavirus have caused an emergency status in the dental education system.
An anonymous survey composed of 34 questions was delivered to students of the Master Degree Programme in Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics of the Universities of Emilia-Romagna, the fifth Italian region most affected by the pandemic. The psychological impact of COVID-19 was assessed by means of the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7). Numerically recoded data were analysed using the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), whilst to investigate the association between quantitative variables, the Pearson correlation coefficient (R) was computed.
The questionnaire was completed by 399 students (75%) out of 532. Most students experienced difficulties in working at the thesis during the COVID-19 emergency. For over half of them, online teaching could only partially replace traditional face-to-face lessons. The negative impact on the study career was judged as particularly high by sixth-year students. Clinical training activities were considered as exposing to the risk of contracting COVID-19 infection by the majority of the students. The level of concern of contracting COVID-19 infections during future university activities was positively correlated to risk perception related to clinical training.
The results of this survey could be used to train students to a correct risk assessment. Students reported experiencing concern whilst thinking of COVID-19 and 6.5% of them showed symptoms related to high levels of anxiety. These data may guide Universities in trying to reduce students' anxiety by means of correct communication strategies.
新型 SARS-CoV2 冠状病毒的爆发和传播导致牙科教育系统进入紧急状态。
对艾米利亚-罗马涅大学牙科学和口腔修复学硕士课程的学生进行了一项由 34 个问题组成的匿名调查，该地区是意大利受疫情影响第五严重的地区。使用广泛性焦虑障碍 7 项量表（GAD-7）评估 COVID-19 的心理影响。使用方差分析（ANOVA）分析数值编码数据，而要研究定量变量之间的关系，则计算了 Pearson 相关系数（R）。
在 532 名学生中，有 399 名（75%）完成了问卷。大多数学生在 COVID-19 紧急情况下在论文工作中遇到困难。对于其中一半以上的学生来说，在线教学只能部分替代传统的面对面课程。第六年的学生认为对学业的负面影响特别大。大多数学生认为临床培训活动有感染 COVID-19 的风险。对未来大学活动中感染 COVID-19 的担忧程度与与临床培训相关的风险感知呈正相关。
这项调查的结果可用于培训学生进行正确的风险评估。学生们表示，在考虑 COVID-19 时感到担忧，其中 6.5%的人出现了与高度焦虑相关的症状。这些数据可以指导大学通过正确的沟通策略来尝试降低学生的焦虑。
