Means with SDs and ranks of coping strategies.

Studies around the world have reported that dental students experience higher stress compared to medical students. Prolonged and high perceived stress can be of a significant concern as it affects the personal, psychological, and professional well-being of the student, affecting quality of life. The aim of the study was to describe the perceived stress and coping strategies that undergraduate students at dental schools of Lahore, Pakistan employ. This observational study was conducted in year 2023 to report perceived stress and coping strategies among 720 undergraduate dental students of Lahore using modified Dental Environment Stress (DES) and brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) questionnaires. Categorical variables such as sex, year of study (year 1 till 4), and responses to DES stress domains, stress-related items, COPE domains, and COPE-related items were computed into frequencies and percentages. Mean item scores of stress domains, stress-related items, COPE domains, and COPE-related items were presented with standard deviations (SD). Groups wise comparisons were done using Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H tests. P value

全球多国研究均已证实，牙科学生所承受的压力水平高于医学生。长期且强烈的感知压力会带来严重隐患，因其会对学生的个人、心理及职业福祉造成负面影响，进而降低生活质量。本研究旨在描述巴基斯坦拉合尔各牙科学院本科牙科学生所感知到的压力及其采用的应对策略。本观察性研究于2023年开展，采用改良版牙科环境压力量表（modified Dental Environment Stress, DES）与简易应对取向问卷（brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced, COPE），对拉合尔地区720名本科牙科学生的感知压力及应对策略进行调研。分类变量（包括性别、就读学年1至4年级、牙科环境压力量表各维度及相关条目得分、简易应对取向问卷各维度及相关条目得分）以频次与百分比进行统计。压力维度、压力相关条目、应对问卷维度及应对相关条目的平均条目得分以均值±标准差（standard deviation, SD）呈现。组间比较采用曼-惠特尼U检验与克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯H检验，P值