Out of a total of 290 students, 256 participated in the study for a participation rate of 88.2 percent. Age of the study population ranged from seventeen to twenty-eight years, with 49.6 percent (n=127) in the seventeen to nineteen years age group, 48.5 per- cent (n=124) in the twenty to twenty-two years age group, 1.2 percent (n=3) in the twenty-four years age group, 0.3 percent (n=1) in the twenty-six years age group, and 0.3 percent (n=1) in the twenty-eight years age group. Gender distribution of the study popula- tion was 110 (43 percent) males and 146 (57 per- cent) females. There was no significant difference found between the number of males and females (p=0.76).
Fifty-seven percent of males (n=63) and 50 percent of females (n=73) said that their first choice was medicine. Thirty-three percent of males (n=36), and 39 percent of females (n=57) said their first choice was dentistry, whereas it was neither for 10 percent of males (n=11) and 11 percent of females (n=16). A higher percentage of males indicated that their first choice of admission was medicine and a higher percentage of females said their first choice was dentistry, but the differences were not statisti- cally significant (p=0.51). When asked if joining dentistry was their own choice, 174 students said yes (male=73, females=101), but eighty-two students (males=37, females=45) indicated they selected den- tistry due to parental pressure.
Mean DES scores for each item were compared with different classes, career choice decision, first choice of admission, and gender. There was a sig- nificant difference between classes (Table 1) for amount of assigned work, receiving criticism from staff, lack of confidence to be a successful dentist, fear of not having the possibility to pursue a post- graduate program, fear of unemployment, attitudes of staff towards women students, language barrier, and late ending time. For all these items, third- and
fourth-year students reported more stress than the first and second years. The only item where stress was highest for first-year students was lack of time to do assigned work. It was also seen that there was a statistically significant jump in the stress levels from the second year to the third year.
The main stressor for each year (Table 1) was
facing parents after failure. The stressor of fear of
unemployment after graduation climbed from the sixth spot to fifth and finally to the second spot for the second, third, and final years respectively.
Fear of facing parents after failure was the high-
est stressor when responses for males and females were combined. Fear of failing was the second top stressor for males, but was ranked fifth for females.
Out of a total of 290 students, 256 participated in the study for a participation rate of 88.2 percent. Age of the study population ranged from seventeen to twenty-eight years, with 49.6 percent (n=127) in the seventeen to nineteen years age group, 48.5 per- cent (n=124) in the twenty to twenty-two years age group, 1.2 percent (n=3) in the twenty-four years age group, 0.3 percent (n=1) in the twenty-six years age group, and 0.3 percent (n=1) in the twenty-eight years age group. Gender distribution of the study popula- tion was 110 (43 percent) males and 146 (57 per- cent) females. There was no significant difference found between the number of males and females (p=0.76).
Fifty-seven percent of males (n=63) and 50 percent of females (n=73) said that their first choice was medicine. Thirty-three percent of males (n=36), and 39 percent of females (n=57) said their first choice was dentistry, whereas it was neither for 10 percent of males (n=11) and 11 percent of females (n=16). A higher percentage of males indicated that their first choice of admission was medicine and a higher percentage of females said their first choice was dentistry, but the differences were not statisti- cally significant (p=0.51). When asked if joining dentistry was their own choice, 174 students said yes (male=73, females=101), but eighty-two students (males=37, females=45) indicated they selected den- tistry due to parental pressure.
Mean DES scores for each item were compared with different classes, career choice decision, first choice of admission, and gender. There was a sig- nificant difference between classes (Table 1) for amount of assigned work, receiving criticism from staff, lack of confidence to be a successful dentist, fear of not having the possibility to pursue a post- graduate program, fear of unemployment, attitudes of staff towards women students, language barrier, and late ending time. For all these items, third- and
fourth-year students reported more stress than the first and second years. The only item where stress was highest for first-year students was lack of time to do assigned work. It was also seen that there was a statistically significant jump in the stress levels from the second year to the third year.
The main stressor for each year (Table 1) was
facing parents after failure. The stressor of fear of
unemployment after graduation climbed from the sixth spot to fifth and finally to the second spot for the second, third, and final years respectively.
Fear of facing parents after failure was the high-
est stressor when responses for males and females were combined. Fear of failing was the second top stressor for males, but was ranked fifth for females.
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