Factors Related to High Anxiety and Depression in Dentistry Students in the Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify risk factors related to high anxiety and depression among dental students in the Republic of Macedonia. We performed a cross-sectional study on a cohort of 236 dental students, aged 18 to 25 yr from all study years at Faculty of Dentistry in Skopje, during the second semester of 2012-2013 year. The students anonymously fulfilled self-rating questionnaires regarding stress-provoking factors connected to dental education. They were defined as personal and social problems associated to academic environment (disappointment, financial, interpersonal relations, problems with accommodation, poor quality of education, in-adequate social life, lack of opportunities and administrative problems) caused negative experience and have been most irritating for the students.