Prevention of study-related stress symptoms: health-promoting behavior among dental students

AbstractThis study explored possible identification of Perpetration-induced Traumatic Stress (PITS) in workers whose occupations required euthanizing nonhuman animals and determining whether event or person-related factors influenced symptoms. The sample included 148 animal workers: veterinarians, veterinary nurses, and research and animal shelter staff. The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) assessed traumatic stress. Experimenters constructed additional scales measuring satisfaction with social support, participation in various types of training, and concern over animal death. More than 70% of participants reported affinity toward animals had strongly influenced their occupation selection. Half the sample perceived animal death—particularly euthanasia—as one of the least desirable jobs. Of the sample, 11% reported experiencing moderate levels of traumatic symptoms. The study found lower levels of euthanasia-related stress were associated with increased satisfaction with social support and length of time working with animals. Those who reported high levels of concern about animal death reported higher levels of euthanasia-related stress. The study found occupational context was not associated with different levels of euthanasia-related stress symptoms—even though reasons for administering euthanasia differed significantly between occupations.

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Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Dental Undergraduate Students: Prevalence, Stressors and Relieving Factors

IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia ◽

10.31436/imjm.v17i2.946 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Munirah Yaacob ◽

Nor Asilah Harun ◽

Farizah Ramli ◽

Hannah Abdul Razak ◽

Noor Aisyah Sajuni

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dental Students ◽

Dental Student ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Stress Relieving

Aim: To investigate the depression, anxiety and stress, stressors and relieving factors among dental students at Kulliyyah of Dentistry (KOD). Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 222 dental students. Their socio-demographic data, self-reported depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21) scores, causes and relieving factors were collected using validated semi-structured pre-tested questionnaires. The data was analysed using percentages, chi-square test and Binary logistic regression tests with SPSS version 24. Results: The prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 41%, 68.9% and 34.2% respectively. Cross analysis showed that academic-related and laboratory or clinical related reasons were significantly associated with the depressive symptoms [(X2= 15.86, p<0.0001) and (X2= 10.45, p=0.001) respectively] and stress symptoms [(X2= 19.95, p<0.0001) and (X2= 6.11, p<0.05) respectively] among dental student. Furthermore, the item ‘examination’ being the highest factor chosen in academic-related stressors. The response for stress-relieving factors was high for Islamic ritual prayer/spiritual activities (94.6%), sleeping (86.5%) and doing exercise/playing sports (76.1%), while ‘seeking professional help’ (19.8%) was the least. Conclusion: This study shows that depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms are prevalent among dental students. Islamic ritual prayer and involvement in spiritual related activities was found to be the most preferred way for students to relief stress. Hence, it is vital that the university continually evaluates the psychological health of the students, tailor preventive measures and spiritual related programs to help students to cope with stress.

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Alcoholism among Dental Students

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.2965 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽

pp. 475-478

Author(s):

Nithyanandham Masilamani ◽

Dhanraj Ganapathy

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Peer Pressure ◽

Dental Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Work Related ◽

Specific Stage ◽

Related Stress ◽

Harmful Effects

College students are at a specific stage to experience more freedom in making personal choices about their health than earlier or later in life—some forms of risky such as alcohol consumption peak in this age group. Alcohol use is broadly reported among university students. To evaluate the pattern of alcohol consumption among dental undergraduate students and associated factors with alcohol consumption. This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional type of study comprising 100 dental college students in Chennai. A self-designed questionnaire contains 10 questions based on the knowledge, awareness on the harmful effects of alcohol among dental college students. Questionnaires were circulated through an online website survey planet. After the responses were received from 100 participants, data was collected and . 92% of students are not alcoholics. 90% of students are aware that alcoholism is injurious to health. 76% of students were aware that alcoholics get a risk of hepatic cancer if they drink alcohol. 60% of students consuming alcohol said they drink because of family problems,35% because of work-related stress and 5% because of peer pressure. The alcohol consumption rate is less among dental students and the majority of them are aware of the harmful effects of alcoholism. However, more intense awareness programs should be initiated to discontinue the use of alcohol.

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Stress and Health-Promoting Attributes in Australian, New Zealand, and Chilean Dental Students

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.2013.77.6.tb05532.x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 77 (6) ◽

pp. 801-809 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Karla Gambetta-Tessini ◽

Rodrigo Mariño ◽

Mike Morgan ◽

Wendell Evans ◽

Vivienne Anderson

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Dental Students ◽

Health Promoting ◽

Stress And Health

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Pandemic-Related Stress Symptoms Among Norwegian Parents of Adolescents in Grades 6 to 8

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.701782 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Thormod Idsoe ◽

Atle Dyregrov ◽

Harald Janson ◽

Ane Nærde

Keyword(s):

Gender Difference ◽

Parental Stress ◽

Significant Gender Difference ◽

Difference Scores ◽

Stress Symptom ◽

Family Activities ◽

Family Situation ◽

Criterion A ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Related Stress

We investigated pandemic-related stress symptoms during the first COVID-19 lockdown period in spring 2020 among parents of adolescents that were 11 to 13 years old in the study period. We also investigated whether parental stress symptoms were associated with family situation and family activities during lockdown. Altogether 147 couples reported about their own trauma-related stress symptoms following the outbreak of the pandemic. Among the respondents, 9.5% of the mothers and 10.2% of the fathers had scores over cutoff on the screener (IES-6) measuring stress symptoms, a non-significant gender difference. Scores on the screener were not associated with family contamination or lockdown consequences. Family activities during lockdown did not impact the pandemic stress symptom levels. Whereas, the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic pose a stressor to most people, it is unlikely to be a criterion A event for other than directly affected families.

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Similarities and Differences of Health-promoting Leadership and Transformational Leadership

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy ◽

10.1515/ngoe-2015-0013 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 3-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Anita Dunkl ◽

Paul Jiménez ◽

Simona Šarotar Žižek ◽

Borut Milfelner ◽

Wolfgang K. Kallus

Keyword(s):

Transformational Leadership ◽

Leadership Styles ◽

Work Related Stress ◽

Online Study ◽

Work Related ◽

Concept Of Health ◽

Health Promoting ◽

Related Stress ◽

The Individual ◽

The Relationship

Abstract The concept of health-promoting leadership focuses on the interaction between the organization and the individual by identifying components able to positively influence employees’ working conditions. In the present study, the effects of health-promoting leadership and transformational leadership on the employees’ recovery–stress balance are investigated. In an online study, 212 Slovenian workers were asked about their perceptions of their direct supervisors and their work-related stress and recovery. The results showed that both leadership styles have a significant effect on employees’ recovery at the workplace, which mediated the relationship between leadership and work-related stress.

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Perceived stressors of undergraduate dental students at an Australasian dental school

IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences ◽

10.31436/ijohs.v2i2.99 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 41-53

Author(s):

Siddharth Garde ◽

Lee A Adam ◽

Andrew Tawse-Smith

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Dental Students ◽

Female Students ◽

Dental School ◽

Free Text ◽

Dental Surgery ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Personal Stress ◽

Related Stress ◽

Environment Stress

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived stressors of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) students at a prominent Australasian dental school using the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire. All BDS students were emailed a modified version of the DES questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of forty questions: seven collecting demographic information, one free text question and thirty-two items related to various sources of stress, grouped into four subscales: 1) Academic 2) Clinical and patient related 3) Environmental and 4) Personal. Students were asked to rate the items on a five-point Likert-type scale ranging from not at all stressful (1) to extremely stressful (5). Of the 314 students emailed, 165 responded to the survey (52.5% response rate). The academic subscale had the highest self-reported mean stress score (3.09 ± 0.68 (SD)); compared with the clinical (2.71 ± 0.77), environmental (2.40 ± 0.77) and personal (2.37 ± 0.68) subscales. There was a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in self-perceived clinic related stress levels between male and female students, with female students reporting more stress. There was also a statistically significant difference in self-perceived environmental stress between second- and third-year students (p=0.037), and in perceived personal stress between students based on their English language status (p=0.034). These findings can enable identification of students who might be at higher risk of stress to ensure support is provided for them; specifically, female students and students in their third year. Results also indicate the need to develop interventions to help all students with academic stressors.

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