Sources and levels of stress in dental students

Abstract

Many studies have reported that dental education induces considerable stress on students. These findings are almost universal phenomena in different countries with different education systems and curricula. It is difficult to eliminate all the stressful problems in a dental education programme. The present study was conducted to understand better the factors influencing student perception. We chose 60 dental students for this study, they were asked to self-rate the tailored Medical Student Stress Questionnaire. After statistical analysis it was found that, academic related stress level was high (2.17) among the students. And the intrapersonal and interpersonal related stressors (IRS), teaching and learning-related stressors (TLRS), social related stressors (SRS), drive and desire related stressors (DRS), and group activities related stressors (GARS) scored 1.74,1.84,1.59,1.02,1.46 respectively.i.e. stress level was mild all these categories.