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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4109</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131812</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Study on Perceived Sources of Stress among Final Year Dental Students During the Covid 19 Pandemic -__ampersandsignnbsp;A Questionnaire Based Survey&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Madhurima</surname><given-names>Nanda</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Bagga Dinesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sakshi</surname><given-names>Tiwari</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aartika</surname><given-names>Singh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Shahi Prashant</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>26</day><month>09</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>8)</volume><issue/><fpage>52</fpage><lpage>58</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: The dental profession can be highly demanding and stressful as practising dentistry requires the acquisition of certain academic, clinical and interpersonal skills. Due to the current situation of the COVID 19 pandemic in the country, dental students especially in the final year are highly susceptible to increased stress and anxiety due to the added factors during these times. The purpose of this survey was to identify the stressors among final year dental students so that various methods can be advocated to minimize the stress level among students. Methods: A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire was conducted among final year dental undergraduate students of North India. A link was created and distributed to the students. A total of 163 students participated in the survey out of which 161 students responded to all questions. Results: Responses were collated, and average percentages were calculated. The main stressors among students were, the mode of examination (95.7%), insufficient exposure to clinical work (92.5%), lack of preclinical and clinical skills(85.1%), compromised clinical learning (88.8%). 91.9% of students were also stressed about spreading the disease to their family or closed oneswhereas85.1%studentswerestresseddue to the uncertainty regarding their career. Conclusion: The results of our study indicated that the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted dental education resulting in enormous stress among dental students. This study can provide an insight to the faculty and dental schools regarding the problems faced by students and can help in strengthening the current educational system.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Covid 19</kwd><kwd> Pandemic</kwd><kwd> Stress</kwd><kwd> Online learning</kwd><kwd> Clinical skills</kwd><kwd> Dental students</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
