Mehtap Bilgin Çetin, Nilgün Özlem Alptekin, Yasemin Sezgin, Seray Akıncı

Warwick-Edinburgh Mental İyi Oluş Ölçeği ile Diş Hekimliği Öğrencilerinde İyi Oluşun Değerlendirilmesi ve Mental İyi Oluş ile Sosyo-demografik Bulgular Arasındaki İlişki

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental İyi Oluş Ölçeği (WEMİOÖ) kullanılarak diş hekimliği öğrencilerinin mental iyi oluşunu ölçmek ve iyi oluşu etkileyen faktörleri incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya Başkent Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören öğrenciler dahil edilmiştir. Katılımcılara WEMİOÖ ile demografik detaylar, sosyal geçmiş ve yaşam tarzı alışkanlıklarını içeren bir anket uygulanmıştırBulgular: Çalışmaya 268 (%68 kadın) diş hekimliği öğrencisi katılmıştır. Çalışma popülasyonunun genel WEMİOÖ skoru 48,18±9,6 olarak bulunmuştur. Birinci ve dördüncü sınıf öğrencileri (p

Evaluating Well-being Among Dental Students Using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and the Relationship Between Mental Wellbeing and Socio-demographic Findings

Objective: The present study aimed to measure mental well-being among dentalstudents using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) and toinvestigate factors affecting well-being.Materials and Methods: Başkent University Faculty of Dentistry students wereinvited to participate in the study in 2019. The participants were asked to completethe WEMWBS and a questionnaire describing their demographic details, socialbackground and lifestyle habits.Results: A total of 268 dental students (68% females) participated in the survey,with a response rate of 85%. The overall WEMWBS score of the study population was48.18±9.6. Statistically significant differences in WEMWBS scores were detectedbetween first- and fourth-year (p

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