Evaluating the Well-being Among Dental Students With Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale

Evaluating the Well-being Among Dental Students With Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale and the Relationship Between Mental Well-being and Socio-demographic Findings

The present study was conducted to measure the mental well-being amongst dental students by using Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) and investigate factors affecting well-being among dental students.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Well Being
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: dental students

Detailed Description

The survey schedule was planned to be independent of the students' assessment period and the questionnaire was administered to the students when they were attending a lecture together. After the lecture, a researcher explained to the students the purpose of this survey and assured them of confidentiality. Participation in this study was also voluntary, and all participants remained anonymous. The questionnaire was given to all participants after explaining the purpose of the study. The questionnaire included demographic details (age, gender, year of study), social background (parents' education levels, family income, first choice for admission, living accommodation) and lifestyle behaviors (smoking status, presence of regular sport activity and hobby). In addition, Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale was applied to the participants of this study.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 268

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey, 06690
    • Yasemin Sezgin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 27 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

All students in the faculty of dentistry, Baskent University

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

to be officially registered in the faculty of dentistry, Baskent University

Exclusion Criteria:

unwilling to participate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-being Scale	Individuals completing the scale are required to tick the box that best describes their experience of each statement over the past two weeks using a 5-point Likert scale (none of the time, rarely, some of the time, often, all of the time). The Likert scale represents a score for each item from 1 to 5 respectively, giving a minimum score of 14 and maximum score of 70.	day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Baskent University
• Investigators: Study Director: yasemin sezgin, Dr.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 9, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 20, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 21, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 23, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): September 24, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 25, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 24, 2019
• Last Verified: September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: BaskentU6

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No