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- Title
Psychological Distress among Undergraduate Dental Students in Saudi Arabia and Its Coping Strategies—A Systematic Review.
- Authors
Khanagar, Sanjeev B.; Al-Ehaideb, Ali; Jamleh, Ahmed; Ababneh, Khansa; Maganur, Prabhadevi C.; Vishwanathaiah, Satish; Awawdeh, Mohammed Adel; Naik, Sachin; Al-Kheraif, Abdulaziz A.; Bhandi, Shilpa; Zanza, Alessio; Testarelli, Luca; Patil, Shankargouda
- Abstract
The objective of this paper was to evaluate the studies that have reported on psychological issues among dental students in Saudi Arabia and to develop coping strategies to overcome these mental health-related issues. The present systematic review is in accordance with the guidelines for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). The search for the articles was carried out in the electronic databases by four independent researchers. The data search was performed in the electronic search engines like PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Medline, Embase, Cochrane and Saudi Digital Library for scientific research articles published from January 2000 until December 2020. STROBE guidelines were adopted for qualitative analysis of six articles which met the eligibility criteria. The analysis of the literature revealed that most of the studies included were conducted in the past 8 years in different regions of Saudi Arabia. Findings of this systematic review clearly state that dental students in Saudi Arabia experience higher levels of depression, stress and anxiety and stress during their education period, with a higher stress for female students compared to male students. There is an urgent need to introduce interventional programs and preventive strategies to overcome the long-term effects.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; DENTAL students; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; WEB search engines; UNDERGRADUATES; GOOGLE Scholar (Web resource); SEARCH engines; DENTAL technology; AMED (Information retrieval system)
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2021, Vol 9, Issue 4, p429
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare9040429