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Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Students are particularly vulnerable from the mental health aspect, which was especially recognized during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) and mental health among dental students. The study was conducted on a sample of 797 students (2...

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Autores principales: Milošević Marković, Maja, Latas, Milan B., Milovanović, Srđan, Poznanović, Sanja Totić, Lazarević, Miloš M., Karišik, Milica Jakšić, Đorđević, Jana, Mandinić, Zoran, Jovanović, Svetlana
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9656808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36360939
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061
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author Milošević Marković, Maja
Latas, Milan B.
Milovanović, Srđan
Poznanović, Sanja Totić
Lazarević, Miloš M.
Karišik, Milica Jakšić
Đorđević, Jana
Mandinić, Zoran
Jovanović, Svetlana
author_facet Milošević Marković, Maja
Latas, Milan B.
Milovanović, Srđan
Poznanović, Sanja Totić
Lazarević, Miloš M.
Karišik, Milica Jakšić
Đorđević, Jana
Mandinić, Zoran
Jovanović, Svetlana
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description Students are particularly vulnerable from the mental health aspect, which was especially recognized during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) and mental health among dental students. The study was conducted on a sample of 797 students (207 male and 592 female) with an average age of 21.7 ± 2.4, from the School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade. The measurements used in the study were the Demographic and Academic Questionnaire, Questionnaire about exposure to COVID-19, COVID-19-Impact on QoL Questionnaire (COV19-QoL), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The mean total score for COV19-QoL was 2.9 ± 0.9, while the diagnostic criteria of GAD-7 and depression met 19.9% and 31.4% of students, respectively. There was a positive and strong correlation between QoL, anxiety, and depression. During COVID-19, predictors for lower perceptions of QoL were female gender and death of close relatives (p = 0.049, p = 0.005, respectively). At the same time, predictors for GAD were female gender, living in dormitories, and death of close relatives (p = 0.019, p = 0.011, p = 0.028, respectively), while for depression they were year of study, living with parents, and death of close relatives due to COVID-19 (p = 0.012, p = 0.008, p = 0.029, respectively). The study showed that students’ QoL and mental health during the pandemic were at high risk.
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spelling pubmed-96568082022-11-15 Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study Milošević Marković, Maja Latas, Milan B. Milovanović, Srđan Poznanović, Sanja Totić Lazarević, Miloš M. Karišik, Milica Jakšić Đorđević, Jana Mandinić, Zoran Jovanović, Svetlana Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Students are particularly vulnerable from the mental health aspect, which was especially recognized during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) and mental health among dental students. The study was conducted on a sample of 797 students (207 male and 592 female) with an average age of 21.7 ± 2.4, from the School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade. The measurements used in the study were the Demographic and Academic Questionnaire, Questionnaire about exposure to COVID-19, COVID-19-Impact on QoL Questionnaire (COV19-QoL), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The mean total score for COV19-QoL was 2.9 ± 0.9, while the diagnostic criteria of GAD-7 and depression met 19.9% and 31.4% of students, respectively. There was a positive and strong correlation between QoL, anxiety, and depression. During COVID-19, predictors for lower perceptions of QoL were female gender and death of close relatives (p = 0.049, p = 0.005, respectively). At the same time, predictors for GAD were female gender, living in dormitories, and death of close relatives (p = 0.019, p = 0.011, p = 0.028, respectively), while for depression they were year of study, living with parents, and death of close relatives due to COVID-19 (p = 0.012, p = 0.008, p = 0.029, respectively). The study showed that students’ QoL and mental health during the pandemic were at high risk. MDPI 2022-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9656808/ /pubmed/36360939 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Milošević Marković, Maja
Latas, Milan B.
Milovanović, Srđan
Poznanović, Sanja Totić
Lazarević, Miloš M.
Karišik, Milica Jakšić
Đorđević, Jana
Mandinić, Zoran
Jovanović, Svetlana
Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
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title_full Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort mental health and quality of life among dental students during covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9656808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36360939
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061
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