Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand
Background/purpose: Physician burnout is now a public health crisis and dentist is a stressful professional health occupation. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the level of burnout and related factors among 423 Thai dentists working in public hospitals, southern Thailand. M...
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| description | Background/purpose: Physician burnout is now a public health crisis and dentist is a stressful professional health occupation. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the level of burnout and related factors among 423 Thai dentists working in public hospitals, southern Thailand. Materials and methods: A self-administered questionnaire was collected through an online platform and included 5 parts: general information, work information, 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), 23-item Thai Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (Thai ERIQ), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9). The data were analyzed for descriptive statistics – frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation – and inferential statistics using binary logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of medium to high level of burnout were 45.8%, 44.3%, 4.0% for emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment, respectively. Regarding to the multivariate analysis, the statistically significant factors associated with emotional exhaustion were age, work engagement, workplace relationship, work effort, work reward, grade point average, and workplace consultant. The factors associated with depersonalization were age, work engagement, workplace relationship, work effort, and job reselection. The factors associated with personal accomplishment were age, work engagement, work reward, and level of workplace. Conclusion: In this study, we identified several factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of burnout among dentists in Thailand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba4c8129b6bd410d9df35f275d2efc252022-12-22T03:33:05ZengElsevierJournal of Dental Sciences1991-79022022-10-0117416561664Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern ThailandSeeda Na Nakorn0Wisarut Srisintorn1Nattaporn Youravong2Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, ThailandDepartment of Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine: FMPM, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, ThailandDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand; Common Oral Diseases and Epidemiology Research Center, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand; Corresponding author. Department of Preventive Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.Background/purpose: Physician burnout is now a public health crisis and dentist is a stressful professional health occupation. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the level of burnout and related factors among 423 Thai dentists working in public hospitals, southern Thailand. Materials and methods: A self-administered questionnaire was collected through an online platform and included 5 parts: general information, work information, 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), 23-item Thai Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (Thai ERIQ), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9). The data were analyzed for descriptive statistics – frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation – and inferential statistics using binary logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of medium to high level of burnout were 45.8%, 44.3%, 4.0% for emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment, respectively. Regarding to the multivariate analysis, the statistically significant factors associated with emotional exhaustion were age, work engagement, workplace relationship, work effort, work reward, grade point average, and workplace consultant. The factors associated with depersonalization were age, work engagement, workplace relationship, work effort, and job reselection. The factors associated with personal accomplishment were age, work engagement, work reward, and level of workplace. Conclusion: In this study, we identified several factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of burnout among dentists in Thailand.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S199179022200037XBurnoutDentistFactorsPublic hospital |
| spellingShingle | Seeda Na Nakorn Wisarut Srisintorn Nattaporn Youravong Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand Journal of Dental Sciences Burnout Dentist Factors Public hospital |
| title | Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand |
| title_full | Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand |
| title_short | Factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals, southern Thailand |
| title_sort | factors associated with burnout among dentists in public hospitals southern thailand |
| topic | Burnout Dentist Factors Public hospital |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S199179022200037X |
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