Survey on mental health and social support of students majored in stomatology in internship
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2013.05.021
- VernacularTitle:口腔医学实习生心理健康与社会支持的调查研究
- Author:
Chengfang TANG
;
Yong ZHU
;
Dongning ZHANG
;
Feng WANG
;
Lei WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Internship;
Mental health;
Social support;
Stomatology;
Dental technology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2013;(5):502-506
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the mental health conditions of students majored in stomatology and dental technology in internships,and to provide evidences and guidelines for education before and during exercitation.Methods Totally 90 students majored in stomatology and 60 students majored in dental technology in internships were surveyed by the questionnaires of symptom checklist (SCL90)and perceived social support scale (PSSS).Results were analyzed by SPSS 14.0.Measurement data was analyzed using t test comparison between groups,showed as mean ± standard deviation ((x) ± s).Positive screening rate and rate between male and female were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U inspection.The inspection level is α =0.05.Results Scores of somatization,paranoia and anxiety factors among students majored in stomatology were (1.49 ± 0.56),(1.52 ± 0.43),(1.73 ± 0.58),all significantly higher than those of the national norm of youth.Positive rate of mental diseases among students majored in dental technology was 77.59％ and their scores of somatization,constraint,anxiety,psychotic factors were (1.69 ±0.55),(2.07 ±0.5),(1.68 ±0.51) and (1.54 ±0.39),all significantly higher than those of students majored in stomatology.There was no difference in the scores of rest factors between the two groups.Scores of PSSS among students majored in dental technology were significantly lower than those of students majored stomatology.Conclusions Students of different majors all suffer from psychological problems with different degrees.Therefore,education,management and social support before and during exercitation should be emphasized in the prevention of psychological diseases.
