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Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic

Introduction: Remote teaching and learning methods were introduced to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 virus during the pandemic. This put the students under extra risk of psychological distress due to the sudden change in the study mode in addition to the pandemic. Materials and methods: A c...

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Main Authors: Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Khaled, Mohamad Firdaus
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Language:English
Published: 2022
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RA790 Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
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spelling my.iium.irep.975292022-04-07T02:09:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/97529/ Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Khaled, Mohamad Firdaus RA790 Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention Introduction: Remote teaching and learning methods were introduced to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 virus during the pandemic. This put the students under extra risk of psychological distress due to the sudden change in the study mode in addition to the pandemic. Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on a sample of 224 students of Kulliyyah of dentistry. The psychological distress was assessed using Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) while coping mechanisms were determined using the Brief-COPE questionnaire. Perceived social support was assessed using the Multidimensional scale of perceived social support questionnaire. Student COVID-19 related sources of stressors questionnaire was used to identify the stressors. Results: The prevalence of psychological distress was 22.32% mild, 18.75% moderate and 40.18% severe distress. Students aged ≤ 21 years old showed a significantly lower mean of psychological distress. Significant stressors contributing to psychological distress were ‘Fear of failing or unable to catch up’, ‘Lack of motivation to learn’, ‘Feeling incompetent’, ‘Academic Overload ‘, ‘Time management problems’ and ‘Cannot catch up with online learning’. Regarding coping mechanisms, most of the students apply approach rather than avoidant coping mechanisms. Psychological distress has significant positive correlation with avoidant coping and inverse correlation with perceived social support Conclusions: Multiple COVID-19 related stressors are associated with psychological distress among dental students. Good social support and approach coping mechanisms are important to alleviate the psychological distress. 2022-03-28 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/97529/14/97529_Assessment%20of%20academic%20related%20stressors%20and%20their%20association.pdf Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi and Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef and Khaled, Mohamad Firdaus (2022) Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic. In: The 11th Dental Student Scientific Conference, 28 March 2022, Kuantan. (Unpublished)
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topic RA790 Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
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Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
Khaled, Mohamad Firdaus
Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
description Introduction: Remote teaching and learning methods were introduced to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 virus during the pandemic. This put the students under extra risk of psychological distress due to the sudden change in the study mode in addition to the pandemic. Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on a sample of 224 students of Kulliyyah of dentistry. The psychological distress was assessed using Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) while coping mechanisms were determined using the Brief-COPE questionnaire. Perceived social support was assessed using the Multidimensional scale of perceived social support questionnaire. Student COVID-19 related sources of stressors questionnaire was used to identify the stressors. Results: The prevalence of psychological distress was 22.32% mild, 18.75% moderate and 40.18% severe distress. Students aged ≤ 21 years old showed a significantly lower mean of psychological distress. Significant stressors contributing to psychological distress were ‘Fear of failing or unable to catch up’, ‘Lack of motivation to learn’, ‘Feeling incompetent’, ‘Academic Overload ‘, ‘Time management problems’ and ‘Cannot catch up with online learning’. Regarding coping mechanisms, most of the students apply approach rather than avoidant coping mechanisms. Psychological distress has significant positive correlation with avoidant coping and inverse correlation with perceived social support Conclusions: Multiple COVID-19 related stressors are associated with psychological distress among dental students. Good social support and approach coping mechanisms are important to alleviate the psychological distress.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
Khaled, Mohamad Firdaus
author_facet Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
Khaled, Mohamad Firdaus
author_sort Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
title Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
title_short Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
title_full Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
title_sort assessment of academic related stressors and their association with psychological distress among kulliyyah of dentistry students during covid-19 pandemic
publishDate 2022
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/97529/14/97529_Assessment%20of%20academic%20related%20stressors%20and%20their%20association.pdf
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