Coping with Stress and Types of Burnout: Explanatory Power of Different Coping Strategies

Background and Aims: It is widely acknowledged that dentists experience occupational stress. This qualitative study aimed to explore previously identified specific stressors in more detail in order to inform the development of a future stress management programme. Method: Two focus groups of dentists (N: 7 & 6) were conducted to explore, in more detail, nine specific stressors and concepts; being out of one's comfort zone, zoning out from the patient, celebrating the positive aspects of work, thinking aloud, the effect of hurting patients, the impact of perfectionism, responsibility for patient's self-care, the emotional impact of difficult situations as a foundation dentist. Participants were also asked for their views on the structure and contents of the proposed stress management package. Verbatim transcripts were subjected to thematic analysis. Results and Discussion: Dentists described the impact of these stressors and their current coping methods; thematic analysis revealed 9 themes which covered the above concepts and a further overall theme of need for control. The findings are elaborated in connection to their relevant stress, coping and emotion psychological theory. Their implications for personal well-being and clinical outcomes are discussed. Conclusion: Dentists' stressful and coping experiences are complex and it is essential that any stress management programme reflects this and that the skills are easily accessible and sustainable within the context of a busy dental practice.

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“…[17][18][19] To understand this in greater detail so that more constructive coping could be suggested which dentists would find acceptable.…”

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A study to explore specific stressors and coping strategies in primary dental care practice

Bretherton

Chapman

Chipchase³

2016

Br Dent J

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“…Venting has been found to be associated with the 'overload' aspects of burnout. 39 Structured reflection using a CBT formulation allows the processing of the emotion.…”

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Understanding emotionally relevant situations in primary dental practice. 3. Emerging narratives

2015

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Background and Aims: Dentists experience considerable occupational stress. Stressful clinical situations can provoke high levels of negative emotions and situations which are associated with positive emotions tend to be overlooked by practitioners. Reflection regarding difficult situations is encouraged to facilitate learning. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) formulations may be applied to situations appraised both positively and negatively. Analysis and interpretation of the dentist's coping behaviour and the consequent outcomes facilitate learning and reflection upon individual interactions with patients. Method: Twenty primary care dental practitioners in the greater Lincoln area participated in a semi-structured interview which explored their stressful and positive clinical experiences. Some of the episodes were analysed to create CBT formulations. Results and Discussion: CBT formulations are presented and the learning points highlighted by this structured presentation are discussed. In particular, it is suggested that this structured reconstruction of events, which highlights dentists' emotions, responses and the transactional effects of coping responses, might well facilitate objective reflective learning either individually or as part of peer to peer support. It should facilitate dentist's emotional processing of events and may thus contribute to stress reduction. Conclusion: CBT formulations of positive and negative dental scenarios may be constructed. It is proposed that this is a useful technique to foster reflection and learning in clinical situations and should lead to improved communication skills and shared decision-making resulting in fewer complaints and thereby reduced stress. It should also improve dentists' emotional processing.

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“…Em relação aos preditores, a análise indicou as estratégias de enfrentamento como a principal variável relacionada à Síndrome de Burnout, assim, corroborando os achados de outras pesquisas que objetivaram estimar o poder explicativo do coping sobre o desenvolvimento da SB (Mella, & Bouti, 2013;Montero-Marin, Prado-Abril, Demarzo, Gascon, & García-Campayo, 2014;Moura, 2007;Myendeki, 2008;Shin et al, 2014). A dimensão Ilusão pelo trabalho teve maior poder explicativo pelas variáveis coping centradas no problema e número de ocorrências semanais.…”

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Prevalência e Preditores de Burnout em Bombeiros

Melo

Carlotto

2016

Psicol. cienc. prof.

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Resumo Compreendida como um fenômeno psicossocial, a Síndrome de Burnout ocorre como resposta ao estresse laboral crônico e reflete importante desafio da vida profissional no século XXI. Profissionais que lidam com situações de emergência, por entrarem em contato com eventos traumáticos, estão mais suscetíveis ao comprometimento de seu bem-estar físico e emocional. A Síndrome de Burnout apresenta-se como uma das possíveis consequências geradas por esta atividade. O estudo teve por objetivo identificar a prevalência de Burnout em bombeiros, bem como verificar a existência de associação entre Burnout e as variáveis sociodemográficas, laborais e estratégias de enfrentamento. A amostra, probabilística, constituiu-se de 132 participantes. Para a coleta de dados, utilizou-se Questionário Sociodemográfico-laboral, Questionário para Avaliação da Síndrome de Burnout (CESQT) e Escala de Coping no Trabalho (COPE). Os resultados identificaram uma prevalência de 3,0% de profissionais no Perfil 1 de Burnout e 2,3% no Perfil 2. A análise de regressão multivariada (stepwise method) apontou as estratégias de enfrentamento como principais variáveis preditoras de Burnout. Este estudo contribui para aprofundar as implicações de Burnout nesta categoria profissional, bem como ressaltar a relevância de estudos de intervenção voltados para o desenvolvimento de estratégias de enfrentamento como meio de promoção da saúde ocupacional destes profissionais.

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Coping with Stress and Types of Burnout: Explanatory Power of Different Coping Strategies

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A study to explore specific stressors and coping strategies in primary dental care practice

A study to explore specific stressors and coping strategies in primary dental care practice

Understanding emotionally relevant situations in primary dental practice. 3. Emerging narratives

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