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. 2021 Nov 5;9(11):1513.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9111513.

Extreme Situation Experienced by Dental Students of the Medical University of Silesia Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic during the First Lockdown

Rafał Doniec  1 , Sylwia Wójcik  2 , Raul Valverde  3 , Natalia Piaseczna  1 , Szymon Sieciński  1 , Konrad Duraj  1 , Ewaryst Tkacz  1
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Extreme Situation Experienced by Dental Students of the Medical University of Silesia Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic during the First Lockdown

Rafał Doniec et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The pandemic declared in many countries in 2020 due to COVID-19 led to the freezing of economies and the introduction of distance learning in both schools and universities. This unusual situation has affected the mental state of citizens, which has the potential to lead to the development of post-traumatic stress and depression. This study aimed to assess the level of stress in dental students in the context of the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. A survey on the PSS-10 scale was prepared to measure the level of perceived stress. The study included 164 dental students at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. The results showed the impact of COVID-19 on the stress of students, with 67.7% reporting high levels of stress. The study also revealed that stress was higher among older female students. This paper recommends that the university provide more intensive psychological care as psychological first aid strategies in epidemics or natural disasters and to consider telemedicine in order to deliver services due to the limitations of the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; education; stress level; university students.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author Natalia Piaseczna is an employee of MDPI; however, they did not work for the journal Healthcare at the time of submission and publication.

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The results of the Mann–Whitney test used to assess the significance of difference values for the PSS-10 (sum) scale in relation to the gender of the respondents.
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The results of the Mann–Whitney test used to assess the significance of the difference values for the PSS-10 (sten scale) in relation to the gender of the respondents.
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Results of the Kruskal–Wallis test used to assess the significance of difference values for the PSS-10 (sum) scale in relation to gender of respondents and year of study.
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The results of the Kruskal–Wallis test used to assess the significance of the difference values for PSS-10 (sten scale) in relation to the gender of the respondents and the year of study.
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