Table 3.
Bivariate distribution of wellness scores according to year in the dental or dental hygiene program
| Combined classes | D1 (N=71) |
D2 (N=50) |
D3 (N=67) |
D4 (N=41) |
DH3 (N=14) |
DH4 (N=9) |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellness measures | N (%) or mean (SD) | |||||||
| GAD-7 (mean score, SD) | 6.51 (5.3) | 5.9 (5.0) | 5.5 (5.3) | 6.9 (5.2) | 6.6 (5.2) | 8.1 (5.8) | 11.8 (6.2) | 0.02 |
| Minimal (0-4) | 101 (40) | 31 (44) | 27 (54) | 23 (34) | 14 (34) | 5 (36) | 1 (11) | |
| mild (5-9) | 85 (34) | 26 (37) | 14 (28) | 24 (36) | 17 (41) | 2 (14) | 2 (22) | 0.004 |
| moderate (10-14) | 46 (18) | 10 (14) | 4 (8) | 15 (22) | 7 (17) | 6 (43) | 4 (44) | |
| severe (15-21) | 20 (8) | 4 (6) | 5 (10) | 5 (7) | 3 (7) | 1 (7) | 2 (22) | |
| PSS-10, (mean score, SD) | 16.8 (6.6) | 17.2 (5.7) | 15.7 (6.2) | 16.2 (7.0) | 16.5 (7.2) | 18.6 (7.4) | 21.1 (7.6) | 0.2 |
| BRS, (mean score, SD) | 20.7 (4.3) | 20.0 (4.2) | 21.0 (4.5) | 20.5 (4.0) | 21.9 (4.4) | 20.9 (4.6) | 20.0 (4.3) | 0.3 |
| OSS-3, (mean score, SD) | 11.0 (2.2) | 10.8 (2.1) | 11.1 (2.3) | 11.1 (2.1) | 11.0 (2.4) | 10.6 (1.5) | 11.2 (2.4) | 0.9 |
| Poor (3-8) | 33 (13.1) | 9 (13) | 6 (12) | 11 (16) | 5 (12) | 1 (7) | 1 (11) | |
| Moderate (9-11) | 105 (41.7) | 32 (45) | 20 (40) | 24 (36) | 16 (39) | 9 (64) | 4 (44) | 0.9 |
| Strong (12-14) | 114 (45.2) | 30 (42) | 24 (48) | 32 (48) | 20 (49) | 4 (29) | 4 (44) | |
| Coping, (mean score, SD) | 39.1 (5.9) | 37.7 (5.6) | 39.9 (6.3) | 38.9 (5.5) | 40.3 (5.9) | 40.8 (7.3) | 39.0 (5.3) | 0.2 |
GAD-Generalized anxiety disorder; PSS-Perceived stress scale; BRS- Brief resilience scale; OSS-3- Oslo social support scale
*
p-values were based on either ANOVA that assesses differences in mean scores or Fisher’s exact test that assesses differences in proportions; SD-standard deviation