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Article

Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

by
Maja Milošević Marković
1,
Milan B. Latas
2,3,
Srđan Milovanović
2,3,
Sanja Totić Poznanović
2,3,
Miloš M. Lazarević
1,
Milica Jakšić Karišik
1,
Jana Đorđević
1,
Zoran Mandinić
4 and
Svetlana Jovanović
1,*
1
Department of Public Health, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
2
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
3
Clinic for Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Pasterova 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
4
Clinic for Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 11, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14061; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061
Submission received: 28 September 2022 / Revised: 22 October 2022 / Accepted: 25 October 2022 / Published: 28 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Second Edition of COVID-19: A Public Health Approach for Health Professionals)
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Abstract

Students are particularly vulnerable from the mental health aspect, which was especially recognized during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) and mental health among dental students. The study was conducted on a sample of 797 students (207 male and 592 female) with an average age of 21.7 ± 2.4, from the School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade. The measurements used in the study were the Demographic and Academic Questionnaire, Questionnaire about exposure to COVID-19, COVID-19-Impact on QoL Questionnaire (COV19-QoL), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The mean total score for COV19-QoL was 2.9 ± 0.9, while the diagnostic criteria of GAD-7 and depression met 19.9% and 31.4% of students, respectively. There was a positive and strong correlation between QoL, anxiety, and depression. During COVID-19, predictors for lower perceptions of QoL were female gender and death of close relatives (p = 0.049, p = 0.005, respectively). At the same time, predictors for GAD were female gender, living in dormitories, and death of close relatives (p = 0.019, p = 0.011, p = 0.028, respectively), while for depression they were year of study, living with parents, and death of close relatives due to COVID-19 (p = 0.012, p = 0.008, p = 0.029, respectively). The study showed that students’ QoL and mental health during the pandemic were at high risk.
Keywords: COVID-19; dental environment; public health; quality of life; Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); dental students COVID-19; dental environment; public health; quality of life; Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); dental students

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Milošević Marković, M.; Latas, M.B.; Milovanović, S.; Poznanović, S.T.; Lazarević, M.M.; Karišik, M.J.; Đorđević, J.; Mandinić, Z.; Jovanović, S. Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061

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Milošević Marković M, Latas MB, Milovanović S, Poznanović ST, Lazarević MM, Karišik MJ, Đorđević J, Mandinić Z, Jovanović S. Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21):14061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061

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Milošević Marković, Maja, Milan B. Latas, Srđan Milovanović, Sanja Totić Poznanović, Miloš M. Lazarević, Milica Jakšić Karišik, Jana Đorđević, Zoran Mandinić, and Svetlana Jovanović. 2022. "Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21: 14061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061

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Milošević Marković, M., Latas, M. B., Milovanović, S., Poznanović, S. T., Lazarević, M. M., Karišik, M. J., Đorđević, J., Mandinić, Z., & Jovanović, S. (2022). Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14061. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114061

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