Dental Anxiety Among Students of the University of Rijeka, Croatia.

IF 1.4 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Acta Stomatologica Croatica Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI:10.15644/asc58/2/7

Nataša Ivančić Jokic, Laura Matičić, Marija Šimunović Erpušina, Dorotea Petrović, Odri Cicvarić, Danko Bakarčić

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Objectives: Dental anxiety is a common problem and a great challenge for many patients, but also for dentists - the treatment of anxious patients is considered to be one of the most stressful situations for dentists. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental anxiety among the students of the University of Rijeka and to detect possible differences in the level of anxiety among students of different study programs.

Participants and methods: This cross-sectional study included 290 students from different faculties of the University of Rijeka (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine), 73 (25.17%) male and 217 (74.83%) female students. The study was conducted online via The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) in 2020 and sampling was based on voluntary responses. The Student's t-test and ANOVA were used to compare differences in MDAS scores among students.

Results: There is a significant difference in dental anxiety levels between students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Faculty of Dental Medicine (MDAS=11.32±4.11, MDAS=8.84±3.03, p=0.01), and also between students from the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Dental Medicine (MDAS=11.47±4.64, MDAS=8.84±3.03, p <0.01).

Conclusions: This research showed that non-dental students have a higher level of dental anxiety than dental students. Sufficient knowledge of dental and oral health could potentially overcome dental fear and anxiety. Therefore, there is a need to provide additional dental education throughout the university curriculum.

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克罗地亚里耶卡大学学生的牙科焦虑症。

目的：牙科焦虑症是一个常见问题，对许多患者和牙医来说都是一个巨大的挑战--治疗焦虑症患者被认为是牙医压力最大的情况之一。本研究的目的是评估里耶卡大学学生牙科焦虑症的发病率，并检测不同学习课程的学生在焦虑程度上可能存在的差异：这项横断面研究包括来自里耶卡大学不同院系（法学院、人文与社会科学学院、工程学院、医学院、牙医学院）的 290 名学生，其中男生 73 人（25.17%），女生 217 人（74.83%）。研究于 2020 年通过改良牙科焦虑量表（MDAS）在线进行，抽样基于自愿回答。采用学生 t 检验和方差分析来比较学生在 MDAS 分数上的差异：结果：人文社会科学学院学生与口腔医学院学生的口腔焦虑水平存在明显差异（MDAS=11.32±4.11，MDAS=8.84±3.03，P=0.01），法学院学生与口腔医学院学生的口腔焦虑水平也存在明显差异（MDAS=11.47±4.64，MDAS=8.84±3.03，P 结论：该研究表明，非口腔医学专业学生的口腔焦虑水平较高：这项研究表明，非牙科专业学生的牙科焦虑程度高于牙科专业学生。充足的牙科和口腔健康知识有可能克服牙科恐惧和焦虑。因此，有必要在整个大学课程中提供额外的牙科教育。

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Acta Stomatologica Croatica DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-

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2.40

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28.60%

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Acta Stomatologica Croatica (ASCRO) is a leading scientific non-profit journal in the field of dental, oral and cranio-facial sciences during the past 44 years in Croatia. ASCRO publishes original scientific and clinical papers, preliminary communications, case reports, book reviews, letters to the editor and news. Review articles are published by invitation from the Editor-in-Chief by acclaimed professionals in distinct fields of dental medicine. All manuscripts are subjected to peer review process.

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