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标题：Effect of year of study on stress levels in male undergraduate dental students
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作者：Abdullah M Alzahem ; Henk T van der Molen ; Benjamin J de Boer 等
期刊名称：Advances in Medical Education and Practice
电子版ISSN：1179-7258
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
页码：217-222
DOI：10.2147/AMEP.S46214
出版社：Dove Medical Press Ltd
摘要：Objective: 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. Method: 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). Results: 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. Conclusion: 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.
关键词：dental; education; students; stress; study year