PREDICTING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF DENTAL STUDENTS DURING THE SEMESTER EVALUATION PERIOD: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Cristina Teodora PREOTEASA
DMD, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Oral Diagnosis, Ergonomics, Scientific Research Methodology
“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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She obtained her DMD degree in 2006 from“ Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. She completed a Master program in“ Biocompatible substances, materials and systems” in 2008. She became MS in Orthodontics and Dento-Facial Orthopedics in 2010. Her PhD thesis, entitled“ Clinical and experimental contributions on the interaction of orthodontic appliances with the hard structures of the teeth” was presented in 2013. She is author / co-author of more than 40 manuscripts in peer-review journals and book chapters in 5 books published in Romania and abroad. She participated to several national and international professional meetings, with oral and poster presentations. Her main interests include: orthodontics, dental education, prosthodontics, oral implantology, esthetic dentistry, dental materials.
Questions
Which of the following statements about the WHO-5 Well-being Index is FALSE?
q a. Is an instrument which measures self-reported positive psychological well-being; q b. Consists of a 5-item questionnaire, positively worded, with a time frame of previous two weeks; q c. It’ s interpretation is in accordance to the score obtained, where higher score means better wellbeing; q d. To monitor change, a difference of WHO-5 percentage score of 100 is considered clinically significant.
During the academic semester, dental students register the lowest level of subjective psychological well-being:
q a. At the beginning of the semester; q b. During written exam periods, other than final exams; q c. During practical exam periods; q d. During semester evaluation period, when final exams are taken.
Dental students’ subjective psychological well-being during the semester evaluation period is better predicted by: q a. Dental students’ well-being at the beginning of the semester; q b. Dental students’ well-being in similar periods with regard to the quality of stressors( i. e., written examinations); q c. Dental students’ well-being at the end of the teaching period; q d. All the above are similar as predictors.
Which of the following statements regarding the dental students’ well-being is FALSE?
q a. The level of their psychological well-being is higher than general population norms; q b. Their psychological well-being in terms of the severity of the depression symptoms is more predictable than the subjective positive psychological well-being; q c. Dental students should cultivate their skills to sustain their well-being; q d. A decrease in their level of well-being may have short-term negative effects, e. g. may impact on the learning performance.
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