Correlation between Dental Environment and Perceived Stress Scale among Dental Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Academic stressors in a medical educational environment are related to two factors. This study was carried out order analyze the correlation between dental and perceived stress among students during COVID-19 pandemic. The respondents were 422 undergraduate validated Modified Dental Environmental Stress (DES) Perceived Scale (PSS) questionnaires used. Furthermore, Spearman analysis used measure DES PSS score. result showed that five noted have strongest correlations with (p-value >0.40). They include expectation towards school = 0.431), lack of confidence be successful dentist 0.424), become student 0.408), regulations 0.401) criticism work 0.400). In addition, all six categories positive PSS. Therefore, collectively displayed moderate scores. overall discoveries from this