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Perceived sources of stress in the dental school environment

1993; Wiley; Volume: 57; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1993.57.3.tb02732.x

1930-7837

G H Westerman, TG Grandy, ROMER A. OCANTO, C G Erskine,

Occupational health in dentistry

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived stress of dental students across the entire curriculum (D1-D4 years). The dental environmental stress (DES) questionnaire was administered to 244 (90.4 percent) dental students during 1990. Significant differences were found for 12 questionnaire items across four classes. For male-female comparisons, significant differences were found for 17 questionnaire items, all perceived as more stressful by females; and between classes, significant differences were accounted for by three questionnaire items. Comparisons with previous dental students (1980s) on the identical questionnaire were noted.