Comparison of Psychological Status of Dental Students at Chiang Mai University between Academic Year 2005 and 2011
Objective: To compare psychological status of dental students at Chiang Mai University between academic year 2005 and 2011.
Material and methods: Two cross-sectional surveys were designed for collecting data from all of the dental students at Chiang Mai University who studied in academic year 2005 and 2011. Data were collected by using Thai General Health Questionnaire-12 during January and February in 2006 and 2012. Data were analyzed on OpenEpi version 2.3. Statistical analysis was carried out using Chi-square test and a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The dental students who studied in academic year 2011 significantly showed higher percentage of normal psychological status than who studied in academic year 2005 (p-value < 0.001), 89.1% and 73.3% respectively. The fourth-year dental students of both academic years had the least percentage of normal psychological status, 57.9% in 2005 and 75.8% in 2011. Female students slightly showed higher percentage of normal psychological status than male students.
Conclusions: Psychological status of dental students at Chiang Mai University in academic year 2005 and 2011 showed statistically significant difference.
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