Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to assess anxiety among a sample of dentistry students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 355 dentistry students (165 males and 190 females) completed the Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-I (STAI-I), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory II (STAI-II) questionnaires. and evaluations of HAI, BAI, STAI-I, and STAI-II were based on sex, dental school year, smoking habit, and lifestyle. Female students had higher HAI and BAI scores than male students (p = 0.009 and p = 0.001, respectively). Statistically significant differences in HAI scores existed between preclinical and clinical students (p = 0.048). The only statistical significant differences detected in STAI-I scores involved students with an extended family when compared to students without an extended family (p = 0.039). The HAI scores of students who had close contact were significantly higher than students who had no contact (p = 0.047). There were significant correlations between the four scales (p < 0.05). During the COVID-19 pandemic [was under control in Turkey?], the HAI scores were higher in female, clinical students and students who lived with an extended family.
Highlights
Submitted: May 20, 2020 Accepted for publication: July 27, 2020 Last revision: March 25, 2021The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new viral respiratory illness that was first identified on January 7, 2020 in Wuhan province, China
The result of the present study revealed that Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) scores were high in female dentistry students, clinical students, and students who had close contact with people who had entered and exited foreign countries
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-I (STAI-I) scores were high in dentistry students who live with extended families
Summary
Submitted: May 20, 2020 Accepted for publication: July 27, 2020 Last revision: March 25, 2021. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new viral respiratory illness that was first identified on January 7, 2020 in Wuhan province, China. Symptoms associated with COVID-19 include high fever and shortness of breath.[1] It is known that the disease is transmitted through droplets and direct contact. COVID-19 has been defined as a pandemic due to the global epidemic it has created. The new coronavirus belongs to a type of coronavirus family that can affect both animals and humans. A number of different viruses from the coronavirus family are responsible for causing severe respiratory diseases, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).[2,3]
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