Department of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-155 Krakow, Poland.
Department of Conservative Dentistry with Endodontics, Institute of Dentistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-155 Krakow, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 12;19(20):13129. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013129.
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the strengthening of the earlier stressors and the appearance of new pandemic-related stressors. Many students of dentistry fit the profile of a group who are particularly susceptible to stress related to the pandemic. Thus, it was necessary to implement preventive activities, reducing their stress perception. This was understood as a means of significantly influencing the student's well-being, thus improving the quality of education. Therefore, the aim of the study was to assess the impacts of implemented preventive activities on stress perception among students of dentistry during the pandemic, as well as their influence on this assessment of the selected students' personal experiences regarding the pandemic.
The study was performed one year after the outbreak of the pandemic on students of dentistry at Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. It consisted of the completion of a self-designed, voluntary, anonymous, online questionnaire. The respondent's task was to assess the influences of implemented preventive activities on stress perception using a five-point scale. The activities were divided into external (national, global) and internal (institutional). The material was statistically analysed for all students, including pre-clinical and clinical groups. Additionally, the impact of the selected students' personal experiences regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on the assessment was studied.
All preventive activities (in total) significantly reduced stress perception ( ≤ 0.001), but the intensity of their impacts (mean rank) was different. The most highly assessed activities were all external preventive activities, with the greatest intensity belonging to the prospect of receiving vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. The remaining external activities were the prospect of developing an effective COVID-19 treatment and the increase in knowledge about SARS-CoV-2. The internal activities were assessed and ascribed lower positions, with the exception of the theoretical classes held online. This activity was placed slightly lower than the highest-rated activity, the prospect of receiving vaccination.
The studied preventive activities reduced stress perception with different levels of intensity. The highest-ranked activities were external activities. One exception was the theoretical classes held online, an internal activity. Due to the lower impact of the internal activities and the ability to modify them by the educators, there is a need to strengthen their effectiveness. The possibility of monitoring and tailoring some preventive activities to the students' needs was the practical aspect of the conducted study. Students' personal experiences related to the COVID-19 pandemic influenced their assessment of the preventive activities, in some cases significantly.
COVID-19 大流行导致先前的压力源加剧，并出现了与大流行相关的新压力源。许多牙科学的学生符合对与大流行相关的压力特别敏感的群体特征。因此，有必要实施预防措施，减轻他们的压力感知。这被理解为显著影响学生幸福感、从而提高教育质量的一种手段。因此，本研究的目的是评估在大流行期间对牙科学学生实施的预防措施对压力感知的影响，以及这些措施对学生个人大流行经历评估的影响。
该研究是在 COVID-19 大流行爆发一年后在波兰克拉科夫雅盖隆大学医学院的牙科学学生中进行的。研究包括完成一份自行设计的、自愿的、匿名的在线问卷。被调查者的任务是使用五分制评估实施的预防措施对压力感知的影响。活动分为外部（国家、全球）和内部（机构）。对所有学生，包括临床前和临床组，对材料进行了统计分析。此外，还研究了学生个人的 COVID-19 大流行经历对评估的影响。
所有预防措施（总计）均显著降低了压力感知（≤0.001），但它们的影响强度（平均秩）不同。评估最高的活动都是外部预防措施，其中接种 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗的前景最为重要。其余外部活动是开发有效的 COVID-19 治疗方法和增加对 SARS-CoV-2 的了解。内部活动被评估为较低的位置，除了在线进行的理论课程。该活动的排名略低于排名最高的活动，即接种疫苗的前景。
研究中预防措施降低了压力感知，强度不同。排名最高的活动是外部活动。一个例外是在线举行的理论课程，这是一项内部活动。由于内部活动的影响较低，教育工作者可以对其进行修改，因此需要增强其效果。监测和针对学生需求调整某些预防措施的能力是进行研究的实际方面。学生个人与 COVID-19 大流行相关的经历会影响他们对预防措施的评估，在某些情况下影响很大。
