Prevalence of depression and sense of coherence among dental graduates in a private dental institution in Chennai city

Background: Dentistry is a stressful and very hard working profession. Dental practitioners experience numerous social issues and higher levels of depression. Prevalence of depression in dental graduates is 60.4. First year students have higher prevalence of depression than other higher class years. Depression affects a significant proportion of health professionals.Materials And Methods: This respective study took place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, which included 123 responses under the age group of 17 to 25 years. A convenience sampling method was used.The statistical data was created and circulated through google form and the responses validity checking was done by consulting experts and data entered in the google form and google sheets were analysed, tabulated, interpreted and compared.Result: The total number of subjects tested in this study was 123. The data collected was entered in SPSS software, version 25. The p-value for the age group is statistically not significant because the p-value for sense of coherence (0.183) and depression (0.060) was greater than 0.05 (p>0.05). There was no statistically significant association between gender and sense of coherence (P = 0.571) and depression (P = 0.751).Conclusion: This study concludes dental students in a private institution in chennai city have a high prevalence of depression and anxiety, However, it was not significantly associated with gender or age of the students