Dental Students’ Discomfort and Anxiety During the First and the Second Lockdown Due to COVID-19 Pandemic at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb

Adam, M D; Urbančič-Rak, Taja; Crnić, Tin

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“…Concerns expressed by our respondents about the effects of the pandemic and earthquakes on the quality of their studying and the end of the academic year, future work competencies, and employment are consistent with the results of Adam et al ( 26 ). However, while Adam et al did not find any gender differences in this respect, we observed significant gender differences, consistent with the results of other research ( 27 - 29 ).…”

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“…This finding could be interpreted in the light of the current lack of medical staff throughout Europe, which was also emphasized during the pandemic. Similarly, in another study, students of School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb were worried about their competence in the future workplace because during the pandemic they had a limited opportunity to acquire clinical skills ( 26 ).…”

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Use of sedative pharmacological agents among biomedical students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional pilot study

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Aim To assess the use of sedative pharmacological agents (SPA) among students in Croatia during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods An online questionnaire, specially developed for the research purposes, was completed by 1403 students. The questionnaire inquired about general characteristics, the effect of the pandemic and earthquakes on students’ lives, and SPA use (method of purchasing, modes, and frequency). Results In the total sample, the SPA use before the pandemic significantly correlated with that after the beginning of the pandemic ( P < 0.001). After the beginning of the pandemic, medical students used significantly more SPA than other biomedical students ( P = 0.017). When compared with non-biomedical students, biomedical students did not differ significantly in SPA use after the beginning of the pandemic ( P = 0.365). Conclusion Medical students used more SPA than other biomedical students. Biomedical students did not differ in SPA use from non-biomedical students.

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Use of sedative pharmacological agents among biomedical students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional pilot study

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“…The emergence of the novel virus and contagion with it caused distress to a lesser extent. While there is no clear explanation for this finding, it could be speculated that the lockdown represents a novel situation that is characterised by what can be evaluated as potential stressors: coping with fears and insecurity and isolation [25][26][27].…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dental Education: An Online Survey of Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes

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Purpose: Dental education institutions worldwide experienced disruptive changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a rapid switch to the online learning format. Thus, this study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental education and evaluates the perceptions and attitudes of students towards the introduction of online learning in the School of Dental Medicine in Zagreb, Croatia. Methods: A survey was conducted on a population of undergraduate students. It was comprised of perceptions and attitudes of students on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their psychoemotional status, changes introduced in the educational system, and online learning in particular. Results: Of the 352 students that completed the survey, 66.2% of students reported being psychoemotionally affected by the lockdown. The most significant impact of the switch from in-person to online learning was observed in terms of missing contact with lecturers (60.3%) and peers (90.3%) and loss of practical courses, regarding which 65% of students agreed that they could not be compensated. While only 36.1% reported that online teaching fully met their expectations, the majority of the students (61.9%) agreed that online lectures were as valuable as in-person lectures and that the theoretical courses could be carried out online in the future as well (69.9%). Conclusions: Students reported relative satisfaction with changes in the learning format and a positive attitude towards online learning; however, several challenges and obstacles were identified.

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“…Moreover, many students reported lack of motivation and difficulty focusing on their studies following the pandemic (97.7% and 96% respectively) (Table 4 ). The sudden switch from in-person to online learning dental education forced students to adapt to a new way of learning and teaching [ 18 ]. A study by Ahmed et al [ 15 ] on Malaysian postgraduate medical physics students, showed that students still favoured face-to-face compared to virtual learning modes.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Malaysian dental students’ physical, mental, financial and academic concerns

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has gained worldwide attention and proved to hold an impact to humankind in all aspects of life. Dental students’ performances may indirectly be affected following the preventive measures in containing the disease. This study aims to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical, mental, financial health and academic concern among dental students in Malaysia. Methods The current research implemented a cross sectional study among dental students in Malaysia. Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on dental education was done by the distribution of a set of online survey consisting of 28 questions to dental students (n = 353) from public and private universities in Malaysia. The questionnaires include sociodemographic backgrounds and assessment on the mental health, financial health, physical health and academic concern. Kruskal Wallis test and Mann–Whitney U test were used to analyse the impact of COVID-19 to these 4 domains according to sociodemographic background. Results A total number of 353 respondents was recorded and 76.2% comprised of female. 59.7% were clinical students and 40.3% were preclinical students. Most of students were concerned about their own emotional health, financial concern, physical wellbeing, in which Year 3 students were found to be more concerned about their mental and financial health concern. Conclusions COVID-19 pandemic had indeed significantly affected Malaysian dental students mainly due to fear of the quality of online learning and the amount of clinical skills acquired. Therefore, it is important to identify dental stressors and lessen the impact of COVID-19 to dental students.

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Dental Students’ Discomfort and Anxiety During the First and the Second Lockdown Due to COVID-19 Pandemic at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Use of sedative pharmacological agents among biomedical students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional pilot study

Use of sedative pharmacological agents among biomedical students during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional pilot study

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dental Education: An Online Survey of Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes

Impact of COVID-19 on Malaysian dental students’ physical, mental, financial and academic concerns

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