Doniec Rafał, Wójcik Sylwia, Valverde Raul, Piaseczna Natalia, Sieciński Szymon, Duraj Konrad, Tkacz Ewaryst
Department of Biosensors and Processing of Biomedical Signals, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Dental Surgery Department at the Chair and Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Surgery, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Pl. Akademicki 17, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Nov 5;9(11):1513. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9111513.
The pandemic declared in many countries in 2020 due to COVID-19 led to the freezing of economies and the introduction of distance learning in both schools and universities. This unusual situation has affected the mental state of citizens, which has the potential to lead to the development of post-traumatic stress and depression. This study aimed to assess the level of stress in dental students in the context of the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. A survey on the PSS-10 scale was prepared to measure the level of perceived stress. The study included 164 dental students at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. The results showed the impact of COVID-19 on the stress of students, with 67.7% reporting high levels of stress. The study also revealed that stress was higher among older female students. This paper recommends that the university provide more intensive psychological care as psychological first aid strategies in epidemics or natural disasters and to consider telemedicine in order to deliver services due to the limitations of the pandemic.
2020年，许多国家因新冠疫情宣布进入大流行状态，这导致经济冻结，学校和大学都采用了远程学习。这种不同寻常的情况影响了公民的精神状态，有可能导致创伤后应激障碍和抑郁症的发展。本研究旨在评估在严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）病毒大流行背景下牙科学生的压力水平。准备了一份关于感知压力量表（PSS-10）的调查问卷来测量感知压力水平。该研究纳入了波兰卡托维兹西里西亚医科大学医学科学学院的164名牙科学生。结果显示了新冠疫情对学生压力的影响，67.7%的学生报告压力水平较高。研究还表明，年龄较大的女学生压力更大。本文建议大学提供更密集的心理护理，作为疫情或自然灾害中的心理急救策略，并考虑采用远程医疗以便在疫情限制下提供服务。
