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| العنوان: |
Assessing students' mental health in two American dental hygiene programs. |
| المؤلفون: |
Beck, Judith A., Kornegay, Elizabeth C., Phillips, Ceib, Harmon, Jennifer B. |
| المصدر: |
International Journal of Dental Hygiene; Feb2024, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p236-243, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
DENTAL hygiene education, PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout, STATISTICS, WELL-being, EVALUATION of human services programs, SOCIAL support, HEALTH occupations students, PROFESSIONAL employee training, MENTAL health, UCLA Loneliness Scale, SURVEYS, SUICIDAL ideation, DENTAL hygienists, UNIVERSITIES & colleges, MENTAL depression, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, QUESTIONNAIRES, CHI-squared test, RESEARCH funding, ANXIETY, DATA analysis, PSYCHOLOGICAL stress |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
SOUTHERN States |
| مستخلص: |
Objectives: Dental hygiene students adapt to new environments while learning technical skills and providing clinical care during their education. Understanding how stress affects students in their professional healthcare program warrants exploration. This study assessed stress among dental hygiene students in two educational settings in the Southeastern United States. Methods: First and second‐year dental hygiene students (N = 136) from a community college setting (n = 67) and a university setting (n = 69) were invited to complete an anonymous online survey on mental health in fall 2019. Validated surveys on depression, anxiety, social support, and burnout were included. Data analysis included chi‐squared and Mantel–Haenszel statistics, depending on the scale of measurement, with the level of significance set at 0.05 for all analyses. Results: Participants included 54 dental hygiene students from a community college (Response rate = 80.6%) and 69 dental hygiene students from a university (RR = 100%). There was a statistically significant difference in the proportion of students reporting moderately severe or severe anxiety (p = 0.007), with 56% (n = 30) of the community college respondents and 36% (n = 24) of the university reporting these anxiety levels. Students attending a community college were also more likely to express feelings of worry (n = 34) compared to students in a university setting (p = 0.005). There was no statistically significant difference in depression (p = 0.07) or suicidal thoughts (p = 0.41). Conclusion: Dental hygiene students enrolled in these two programs reported high levels of self‐reported stress, mental and emotional concerns that may increase suicidal tendencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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