Evaluation of Anxiety and Depression Levels of Dental Faculty Preclinical Student?s in Term of Various Variables

Abstract

416), BDI (p=0,083) skorları cinsiyete göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık göstermemiştir. Ögrencilerin okudukları sınıfa göre STAI-I (p=0,002) skorunda ve üniversiteye göre BDI (p=0,004) skorunda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklı-lıklar saptanmıştır. İlk ve ortaokul eğitim seviyesinde olan babaların çocuklarında BDI skoru daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p=0.015). Fakat, anne eğitim seviyesi ile STAI-I, STAI-II ve BDI skorları istatistiksel açıdan değerlendirildiğinde anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır. Ayrıca STAI-I, STAI-II ve BDI skorları arasında pozitif korelasyon saptanmıştır (p=0,001). S So on nu uç ç: : Bu çalışma, diş hekimliği öğ-rencilerinin kaygı, anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin oldukça yüksek olduğunu göstermiştir. Koruyucu psikolojik stratejiler geliştirilmeli ve uygulanmalıdır.A An na ah h t ta ar r K Ke e l li i m me e l le er r: : Öğrenciler, diş hekimliği; üniversiteler; stres, psikolojik; anksiyete A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : The aim of the present study was to assess the levels of state-trait anxiety inventory I (STAI-I), state-trait anxiety inventory II (STAI-II), and beck depression inventory (BDI), and to see whether these variables are differentiated in terms of participants' gender, university, class years, and education level of parents among a sample of dental faculty students at Fırat and Dicle University. M Ma at te er ri ia al l a an nd d M Me et th ho od ds s: : The study sample includes 134 females and 156 males stu-dents. Sociodemographic questionnaire, STAI-I, STAI-II and BDI were administered to all first and second class students during the 2016-2017 academic year (n=290) at Firat and Dicle University. ANOVA, independent t-test and Pearson's correlation analyses were used for statistical evaluation. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. R Re es su ul lt ts s: : In this study, 151 of the students were in the first class (57 in the Firat University, 94 in the Dicle University), 139 were in the second class (53 in the Fırat University, 86 in the Dicle University). The average age of the students at the Firat and Dicle University are 19.65±1.72 (female), 20.37±2.05 (male). The results showed that there were no significant differences STAI-I (p=0.403), STAI-II (p=0.416) and BDI (p=0.083) scores between gender. There were significant differences BDI scores according to university (p=0.004) and STAI-I scores be-tween class year (p=0.002). The students whose fathers had primary and middle levels of educa-tion, had higher BDI scores (p=0.015). Also there were no significant differences between education level of mother and STAI-I, STAI-II and BDI. There were positive correlation between STAI-I, STAI-II and BDI (p=0.001). C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : This study showed that dental students had higher levels of anxiety, depression and anxiety. Preventive psychological strategies should be de-veloped and implemented. K Ke ey yw wo or rd ds s:

Determination of dental anxiety levels in dental faculty students

“…Yıldırım et al compared the anxiety levels of 1stand 2nd-grade students and found that 1st-grade students had higher STAI-S scores. They also found a positive correlation between these students' STAI-S, STAI-T, and Beck Depression Inventory scores, which is consistent with our findings (13).…”

“…Studies on dental anxiety among dental students in the literature have reported higher anxiety levels in first-year students compared to final-year students (7,13,(21)(22)(23). It has been reported that the unfamiliarity with the environment and the city is minimized in thirdyear students but inexplicably increases again in fourthand fifth-year students, and dissatisfaction with social life increases with class level (23).…”

“…However, one of the most used tests for anxiety measurement in medicine is the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). This measurement tool, which was translated and adapted into Turkish by Oner and Le Compte, has also been widely preferred in various clinical applications in dentistry (13). The State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) measures how an individual feels at a specific moment, while the Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) measures how an individual generally feels using statements (2,(13)(14)(15)(16).…”