Work environment, job satisfaction and burnout among Spanish dentists: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health

Javier Molina-Hernández¹  Lorena González-García²  Lucía Fernández-Estevan³  Javier Montero⁴ 

[1] Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain;Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain;Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain;Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 36007, Salamanca, Spain;

关键词: Mental health;    Health care workers;    Dentist;    Occupational health practice;    Burnout;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-021-01480-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe main aim of the present study was to examine the relationships among work environment, job satisfaction and burnout in dentists and to analyse the way in which certain sociodemographic variables, such as gender, professional experience and weekly working hours, predict the perception of the work environment.MethodsA battery of online questionnaires was sent to 3876 dentists officially registered in the triple-province region of Valencia; the battery included the Survey of Organizational Attributes for Dental Care, the Warr–Cook–Wall Overall Job Satisfaction Scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a series of sociodemographic questions formulated for the specific purpose of this study. To assess the relations with the independent variables, we calculated the Pearson correlation coefficient, the Z-scores were calculated to make effect sizes comparable, and the associations between the scales and the sociodemographic variables were investigated by adjusted multiple regression analysis.ResultsA total of 336 participants (9.4%) correctly completed the survey in this study. The mean (M) age was 37.6 years old (standard deviation (SD) = 9.6, median (Me) = 34). Participants reported high scores on the work environment and job satisfaction scales, with only limited experiences of burnout (3.8%). Work environment and burnout were significantly and positively predicted by years of professional experience (β = .078; p = .000 and β = .107; p = .004, respectively), and job satisfaction was significantly and positively predicted by weekly hours of work (β = .022; p = .001), without significant differences according to gender.ConclusionsDentists who work over 20 hours a week and have more years of professional experience report having better perceptions of well-being at work, with no significant difference according to gender. It is important to highlight the aspects that improve well-being in dentistry to reduce burnout, which would lead to greater work engagement and better attention to patients.

【 授权许可】

CC BY