Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 8

Issue : Issue 1

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Abstract

Aim:  To assess the level of procrastination among dental post graduate students in Maharashtra, India.  Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 414 first, second and third year dental post graduate students of 9 specialities.  A sixteen-item questionnaire was used to assess the level of procrastination among these students.  Results: The mean procrastination score of students across three years was 47.49 (SD 16.66). Highest percentage of high procrastination scores were found for Oral Pathology dental post graduates (28.57%) and lowest percentage of high procrastination scores were found for Orthodontics (7.84%). Female participants (18.6%) were found to have high procrastination scores than the male participants (7.8%). First year dental post graduates showed high percentage of moderate (75.90%) and high (40.09%) procrastination scores, while third year dental post graduates showed high percentage of low procrastination scores (36.6%)  Conclusion: Highest percentage of high procrastination scores were found for Oral Pathology dental post graduates; moderate procrastination scores were found for Oral Medicine and Radiology dental post graduates and low procrastination scores were found for Orthodontics dental post graduates. First years showed high procrastination scores compared second and third years. Dental post graduates with below average showed high and moderate procrastination scores.

Keywords: Procrastination, Academic performance, Dental post-graduates.