Cayo-Rojas César Félix, Castro-Mena Manuel Jesús, Agramonte-Rosell Regina de la Caridad, Aliaga-Mariñas Ana Sixtina, Ladera-Castañeda Marysela Irene, Cervantes-Ganoza Luis Adolfo, Cervantes-Liñán Luis Claudio
School of Stomatology, Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima 15084, Peru.
Postgraduate School and Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima 15084, Peru.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2021 Apr 15;11(2):222-229. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_52_21. eCollection 2021 Mar-Apr.
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated much concern worldwide. Due to its high transmissibility, many young university students have had to carry out their academic activities in mandatory social isolation, which could generate excessive anxiety. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the anxiety levels in Peruvian dentistry students developed during COVID-19 mandatory social isolation.
An analytical, observational, and transversal study was carried out in 403 dentistry students in the last two years from three Peruvian universities from May to July 2020. The Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale was used to detect anxiety symptoms and their respective diagnoses. A logit model was used to evaluate the association of the variables: age group (X1), gender (X2), type of university (X3), and marital status (X4), with the anxiety levels of the students, considering a -value less than 0.05.
The prevalence of anxiety resulted in 56.8% (95% confidence interval (CI): 51.9-61.7) of 403 dentistry students. According to the multivariate logistic regression analysis, the type of university was the only variable that demonstrated to have a significant influence on the development of anxiety with an odds ratio (OR = 1.98; CI: 1.29-3.02); whereas the other variables such as age group (OR = 0.77; CI: 0.49-1.20), gender (OR = 1.15; CI: 0.72-1.84), and marital status (OR = 0.75; CI: 0.35-1.60) were not considered factors that influenced the development of anxiety.
More than a half of the Peruvian dentistry students from three universities showed mild-to-severe anxiety levels. Students from a private university have a 98% higher chance of developing anxiety in comparison to students from public universities. Other variables such as gender, age group, or marital status were not considered influencing factors to develop anxiety.
新冠疫情在全球引发了广泛关注。由于其高传播性，许多年轻大学生不得不进行强制性社交隔离以开展学术活动，这可能会导致过度焦虑。因此，本研究旨在评估在新冠疫情强制社交隔离期间秘鲁牙科专业学生的焦虑水平。
2020年5月至7月，对秘鲁三所大学近两年来的403名牙科专业学生进行了一项分析性、观察性横断面研究。采用zung自评焦虑量表检测焦虑症状及其相应诊断。使用logit模型评估变量：年龄组（X1）、性别（X2）、大学类型（X3）和婚姻状况（X4）与学生焦虑水平的关联，显著性水平设定为小于0.05。
403名牙科专业学生中焦虑症患病率为56.8%（95%置信区间（CI）：51.9 - 61.7）。根据多因素逻辑回归分析，大学类型是唯一对焦虑症发生有显著影响的变量，比值比（OR = 1.98；CI：1.29 - 3.02）；而年龄组（OR = 0.77；CI：0.49 - 1.20）、性别（OR = 1.15；CI：0.72 - 1.84）和婚姻状况（OR = 0.75；CI：0.35 - 1.60）等其他变量未被视为影响焦虑症发生的因素。
来自三所大学的秘鲁牙科专业学生中，超过一半表现出轻度至重度焦虑水平。与公立大学学生相比，私立大学学生患焦虑症的可能性高98%。性别、年龄组或婚姻状况等其他变量未被视为焦虑症发生的影响因素。
