Table 4.
Comparison of mean scores of factors of dental environment stress among the five year of study.
| Factors | Year of study |
F-value | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Mean (SD) | 2nd Mean (SD) | 3rd Mean (SD) | 4th Mean (SD) | 5th Mean (SD) | |||
| Self-efficacy | 19.1(6.1) | 20.4(5.5) | 19.3(5.9) | 20.9(5.8) | 20.6(5.5) | 1.15 | 0.33 |
| Faculty and administrationa | 19.8(6.9) | 22.9(5.7) | 27.2(6.4) | 28.4(5.6) | 29.4(4.4) | 39.4 | <0.0001 |
| Workloadb | 19.1(3.8) | 20.6(3.3) | 20.4(3.8) | 21.4(2.7) | 19.6(2.9) | 6.2 | <0.0001 |
| Patient trainingc | 4.6(5.3) | 4.0(5.2) | 10.9(2.7) | 11.8(2.4) | 11.0(2.4) | 84.8 | <0.0001 |
| Clinical trainingd | 5.7(4.3) | 7.5(4.0) | 10.8(2.7) | 10.3(2.2) | 10.4(2.2) | 41.1 | <0.0001 |
| Performance Pressuree | 6.7 (2.4) | 6.6(2.1) | 9.6(2.0) | 9.7(1.8) | 9.6(1.8) | 53.82 | <0.0001 |
| Social stressors | 7.1(5.2) | 6.4(4.4) | 6.0(4.4) | 7.6(5.0) | 7.6(4.2) | 2.06 | 0.08 |
| Total scoref | 82.8(23.2) | 88.5(19.3) | 104.2(18.0) | 110.2(17) | 108.2(14.7) | 37.1 | <0.0001 |
a
1st and 2nd year mean scores are significantly lower than 3rd, 4th, and 5th year mean scores.
b
2nd, 3rd, and 4th year mean scores are significantly higher.
c
3rd, 4th, and 5th year mean scores are significantly higher.
d
3rd, 4th, and 5th year mean scores are significantly higher.
e
3rd, 4th, and 5th year mean scores are significantly higher.
f
3rd, 4th, and 5th year mean scores are significantly higher.