Fuentes y Niveles de Estrés Percibidas entre Estudiantes de Odontología durante la Pandemia de Covid-19

Objective: To identify the levels and sources of perceived stress among dental students at a private Ecuadorian university during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The Dental Environmental Stress questionnaire wasadministered to 321 students. Results: Most students felt stressed by the academic load,where the amount of homework assigned in class (95.3%) tops the list, followed by its difficulty (92.2%), evaluations and grades (91.9%), fear of failing a course (90.3%), difficultylearning the manual skills and accuracy required in preclinical and laboratory work (75.4%), difficulty learning clinical procedures and protocols (74.5%), feedback inconsistency abouttheir work among instructors (74.1), and meeting degree requirements (70.1%). Conclusion: The main sources of perceived stress among dental students during COVID-19 are academic load, time constraints, and clinical training.