THE EFFECT OF THE EDUCATION LEVELS OF DENTAL STUDENTS ON THEIR DENTAL ANXIETY

Authors : Mustafa AYATA, Ravza ERASLAN

Pages : 51-55

Doi:10.34108/eujhs.1090167

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Publication Date : 2023-04-03

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study was to compare dental anxiety levels among first-, second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-year dental students. To evaluate the level of dental anxiety against dental interventions, online questionnaires were applied to first year insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=96);, second year insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=96);, third year insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=109);, fourth year insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=107); and fifth year insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=92); dental students. The students\` demographic information insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(age, gender); was also recorded. These questionnaires included the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MDAS);. The students whose MDAS score was ≥19 were considered as highly anxious. The statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 24 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IBM SPSS, USA);. This study was conducted with a total of 500 students including 220 male and 280 female students. The students with an MDAS score of 19 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(having dental anxiety); were 23 people insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4.6%); in total. No statistically significant difference was found between the class years of the students in terms of their mean MDAS scores insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p: 0.387);. When the responses given to the 5 items in MDAS were evaluated, only the responses given to the 1st and 5th questions had statistically significant differences insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.01);. An inversely proportional situation, such as a decrease in dental anxiety as the class year of students gets more advanced, was not valid for our study. Many previous studies have shown that both education level and dental education may be effective in reducing the level of dental anxiety. However, the results of our study did not support this situation.
Keywords : dental kaygı ölçeği, diş hekimliği öğrencileri, Kaygı

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