ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE OF ACROPHOBIA AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS - A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY

Authors

  • Sai sanjana ganji, Dhanraj Ganapathy, L. Keerthi Sasanka

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Acrophobia is extreme or irrational fear of heights. If a person has acrophobia, being high up or thinking about heights may cause them to have a panic attack. For this reason, a person with acrophobia will actively avoid situations that involve being high up off the ground.

AIM: The present study is carried out to explore the associated factors and to compare the severity of acrophobia among dental students.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is a cross sectional survey study and a self-administered questionnaire was distributed among students using an online platform google forms. It included 2 sections, the first section was about demographic questions and the second section was a questionnaire about fear of heights. 150 responses were collected and analysed  by using the statistical software SPSS version 23.0

RESULTS: 72.41% of female participants indicated that they had experienced acrophobia before. 48.89% of the respondents agreed that their health is affected due to fear of heights. About 49% of the participants avoided climbing high buildings. 50% of the respondents were feeling extremely strong fear when exposed to heights.

CONCLUSION: The finding of the present study is needed to bring awareness of acrophobia applications among people. In spite of limitations of the study, we were able to record the obvious lack of awareness among people on acrophobia applications.

Published

2022-05-01

How to Cite

Sai sanjana ganji, Dhanraj Ganapathy, L. Keerthi Sasanka. (2022). ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE OF ACROPHOBIA AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS - A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY. Drugs and Cell Therapies in Hematology, 10(3), 1724–1733. Retrieved from http://dcth.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1089

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