Abstract

DIAZ CARDENAS, Shyrley; ARRIETA VERGARA, Katherine  and  GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Farith. Academic stress and family function in dentistry students. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.2, pp.121-132. ISSN 2011-7531.

Objective: To evalúate the association between family dysfunction and academic stress in college students. Methodology: Cross-sectional study in 251 dental students from a public university of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). Were measured socio-demographic characteristics, academic stress (SISCO scale) and family functioning (Family APGAR) through validated instruments. Occurrence was estimated by prevalence and association between variables was quantified by odds ratios and multivariate analysis using logistic regression nominal. Results: Academic stress was present in 87.3 % and the most concern among students was the teacher evaluation, dysfunctional families behaved as a factor related to stress. (OR = 2.32, 95 % CI: 1.09 to 4.92, P = 0.02). In logistic regression analysis, the model that best explains academic stress consisted of the following factors: family involvement, sex, and completed academic year (p = 0,0001, X² = 22, 9). Conclusions: The family dysfunction may aggravate stressful situations that occur within academic college students and influence their academic performance compromis-ing their life projects while in college

Keywords : stress physiological; familypractice; students dental.

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