Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai
Abstract Background Anxiety may be induced in the dental clinics, which is an essential learning environment for undergraduate dental students. This could have a negative impact on clinical performance. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of clinical anxiety among a sample of Dental students...
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| author | Christine Raouf George Mikhail Mai Hamdy Ragab Yousra Ahmed Eman D. El Desouky Fatma E. A. Hassanein Mohamed Bekhit Marwa Hassan Mostafa |
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| description | Abstract Background Anxiety may be induced in the dental clinics, which is an essential learning environment for undergraduate dental students. This could have a negative impact on clinical performance. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of clinical anxiety among a sample of Dental students and to determine possible precipitating factors for clinical anxiety among them. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out among 3rd and 4th year dental students at King Salman International University using the modified 34 items of Moss and McManus clinical anxiety questionnaire. Results 263 students participated. Dental students reported higher incidence of clinical anxiety (60.8%), particularly with different dental treatment plan procedures related clinical situations fulfilling 31.2 out of mean score of anxiety all (74.0 ). Females had higher anxiety score in all domains than males, the same trend noticed in students who reported dental phobia and previous bad dental experiences (P < 0.001, P 0.016, P 0.003 respectively). Participants rated the clinical anxiety precipitating situations in a descending order as follows: extracting wrong tooth (39.5%), giving wrong treatment (37.6%), tearing of the cheek/lips due to catching on a dental burr (35.7%), fracturing a tooth (34.4%), wrong diagnosis (28.1%), inadvertently hurting the patient (22.1%), inability to meet requirements before exams (19.1%), dealing with a fainting patient during dental treatment (18.7%). Two clinical anxiety precipitating situations had almost the same score including restoration failure/recurrent caries and endodontic retreatment procedures 14.8% and 14.4% respectively. Also, extracting tooth and arresting postoperative bleeding had the same score of 13.7%, while the rest of other clinical situations ranged from 11.8 to 1.1%. Conclusions dental students had a comparatively high level of anxiety during clinical classes especially females and those with dental phobia and previous bad dental experiences. Dental students may benefit from stress management classes, mentorship programs, and improved clinical supervision in order to reduce clinical anxiety and build resilience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2943b1f07e134182a721dcf4e409cd342025-02-09T12:57:15ZengBMCBMC Oral Health1472-68312025-02-012511710.1186/s12903-025-05532-2Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South SinaiChristine Raouf George Mikhail0Mai Hamdy Ragab1Yousra Ahmed2Eman D. El Desouky3Fatma E. A. Hassanein4Mohamed Bekhit5Marwa Hassan Mostafa6Department of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Fayoum UniversityFaculty of dentistry, Suez canal universityDepartment of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Salman International UniversityEpidemiology and Biostatistics, NCI, Cairo UniversityDepartment of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, King Salman International UniversityDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, King Salman International UniversityDepartment of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Salman International UniversityAbstract Background Anxiety may be induced in the dental clinics, which is an essential learning environment for undergraduate dental students. This could have a negative impact on clinical performance. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of clinical anxiety among a sample of Dental students and to determine possible precipitating factors for clinical anxiety among them. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out among 3rd and 4th year dental students at King Salman International University using the modified 34 items of Moss and McManus clinical anxiety questionnaire. Results 263 students participated. Dental students reported higher incidence of clinical anxiety (60.8%), particularly with different dental treatment plan procedures related clinical situations fulfilling 31.2 out of mean score of anxiety all (74.0 ). Females had higher anxiety score in all domains than males, the same trend noticed in students who reported dental phobia and previous bad dental experiences (P < 0.001, P 0.016, P 0.003 respectively). Participants rated the clinical anxiety precipitating situations in a descending order as follows: extracting wrong tooth (39.5%), giving wrong treatment (37.6%), tearing of the cheek/lips due to catching on a dental burr (35.7%), fracturing a tooth (34.4%), wrong diagnosis (28.1%), inadvertently hurting the patient (22.1%), inability to meet requirements before exams (19.1%), dealing with a fainting patient during dental treatment (18.7%). Two clinical anxiety precipitating situations had almost the same score including restoration failure/recurrent caries and endodontic retreatment procedures 14.8% and 14.4% respectively. Also, extracting tooth and arresting postoperative bleeding had the same score of 13.7%, while the rest of other clinical situations ranged from 11.8 to 1.1%. Conclusions dental students had a comparatively high level of anxiety during clinical classes especially females and those with dental phobia and previous bad dental experiences. Dental students may benefit from stress management classes, mentorship programs, and improved clinical supervision in order to reduce clinical anxiety and build resilience.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-05532-2Clinical anxietyStressMedical studentsDental studentsDental proceduresClinical situations |
| spellingShingle | Christine Raouf George Mikhail Mai Hamdy Ragab Yousra Ahmed Eman D. El Desouky Fatma E. A. Hassanein Mohamed Bekhit Marwa Hassan Mostafa Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai BMC Oral Health Clinical anxiety Stress Medical students Dental students Dental procedures Clinical situations |
| title | Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai |
| title_full | Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai |
| title_fullStr | Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai |
| title_short | Clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in South Sinai |
| title_sort | clinical anxiety among a sample of dental students in south sinai |
| topic | Clinical anxiety Stress Medical students Dental students Dental procedures Clinical situations |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-05532-2 |
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