Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah City
Objective. To determine anxiety in relation to gender, Grade Point Average (GPA), level of education and academic and clinical situations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Also, to identify academic and clinical anxiety levels among postgraduate pediatric dentistry students. Methods. A cross-sectional study...
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| author | Manal Almalik Abeer Alnowaiser Omar El Meligy Jamal Sallam Yusra Balkheyour |
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| description | Objective. To determine anxiety in relation to gender, Grade Point Average (GPA), level of education and academic and clinical situations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Also, to identify academic and clinical anxiety levels among postgraduate pediatric dentistry students. Methods. A cross-sectional study at governmental training hospitals was conducted. All registered postgraduate students in pediatric dental programs during the year 2015-2016 were included in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed electronically to 60 postgraduate pediatric dentistry students aged between 25 and 45 years old. The questionnaire is composed of 55 questions that investigated demographic data, academic and clinical related situations including investigations, diagnosis, treatment, and complications in treatment. Results. The study showed a higher anxiety level in younger age dental students (76.7% compared to 23.3%) and Saudi board residents (60%). Comparing gender differences in anxiety revealed that a significant difference (P≤0.05) was found and anxiety seems to be more among female dental students (2% very anxious, 64% slightly anxious, and 34% not anxious) as compared to male dental students (8% very anxious, 69% slightly anxious, and 23% not anxious). Conclusions. There was increased awareness, detailed understanding, and handling of the patients by senior postgraduate pediatric dentistry students compared to junior students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-df813e5f28194de0bad4acdc363690682025-02-03T05:58:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Dentistry1687-87281687-87362018-01-01201810.1155/2018/58638695863869Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah CityManal Almalik0Abeer Alnowaiser1Omar El Meligy2Jamal Sallam3Yusra Balkheyour4Dental Department, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaMinistry of Health, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaObjective. To determine anxiety in relation to gender, Grade Point Average (GPA), level of education and academic and clinical situations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Also, to identify academic and clinical anxiety levels among postgraduate pediatric dentistry students. Methods. A cross-sectional study at governmental training hospitals was conducted. All registered postgraduate students in pediatric dental programs during the year 2015-2016 were included in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed electronically to 60 postgraduate pediatric dentistry students aged between 25 and 45 years old. The questionnaire is composed of 55 questions that investigated demographic data, academic and clinical related situations including investigations, diagnosis, treatment, and complications in treatment. Results. The study showed a higher anxiety level in younger age dental students (76.7% compared to 23.3%) and Saudi board residents (60%). Comparing gender differences in anxiety revealed that a significant difference (P≤0.05) was found and anxiety seems to be more among female dental students (2% very anxious, 64% slightly anxious, and 34% not anxious) as compared to male dental students (8% very anxious, 69% slightly anxious, and 23% not anxious). Conclusions. There was increased awareness, detailed understanding, and handling of the patients by senior postgraduate pediatric dentistry students compared to junior students.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5863869 |
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| title | Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah City |
| title_full | Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah City |
| title_fullStr | Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah City |
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| title_short | Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah City |
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