Prevalence of stress and some of its Related-factors among dental students of Hanoi Medical University
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Dental students have high risk of stress. Stress can cause negative affect on the mental health, study ability and life quality of dental students. In Vietnam, study about stress among dental student was not yet performed so we did this study to investigate the prevalence of stress and its related factors among dental students in Hanoi Medical University. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study comprised of 383 dental students in Hanoi medical university. 256 out of 383 students suffered stress (66,84%). The prevalence of stress in male was 63,45% and in female was 68,91%. The ratio of stress level of moderate, severe and very severe were 34,46%, 8,88% and 6,27% respectively. 6th-year-students reach the highest stress ratio (73,97%). Some related-factors included lack of self-belief and parental high expectation. The stress prevalence of dental students was very high and its related factor included: lack of self-belief and parental high expectation.
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stress, dental students, lack of self-belief, parental high expectation.
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