Determinants of physical and mental health complaints in dentists: a systematic review

Ruijter, Rolf A. G. de; Stegenga, Boudewijn; Schaub, Rmh; Reneman, Michiel F.; Middel, Berry

doi:10.1111/cdoe.12122

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“…Literature published in scientific journals has shown that to study the relationship between intensity of pain and disabilities one must consider a series of variables, inter alia: frequency and location of pain, presence of depression, beliefs about pain [31]. Several studies have found that psychological and psychosocial factors may also increase the risk of musculoskeletal disorders [32,33]. The risk factors which were most frequently mentioned by researchers were: work dissatisfaction, low control over work, stress, mental suffering and monotonous work [34,35].…”

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Musculoskeletal disorders and perception of working conditions: A survey of Brazilian dentists in São Paulo

Garbín¹,

Soares²,

Arciéri³

et al. 2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders amongst dentists who work in public clinics in São Paulo, Brazil, to investigate their awareness of the presence of risk factors in the workplace, disability due to pain, and the influence of pain on this awareness and disability. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 204 dentists who work in public health clinics in the northwest of São Paulo, Brazil. The data was collected through interviews, using the Nordic Questionnaire and the Work-Related Activities that May Contribute to Job-Related Pain Questionnaire. In the case of workers who reported pain, the Pain Disability Questionnaire (PDQ) and the Numeric Pain Scale were also administered. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 21.0. Results: Most dentists (81.4%) had musculoskeletal disorders, especially in the neck, shoulders and lower back. We found that the presence of symptoms in the neck (15.7%), shoulders (12.7%) and lower back (15.7%) were the major causes of absenteeism over the past 12 months. Occupational risk factors perceived as the most problematic ones were: bending or twisting the back in an awkward way, continuing to work when injured or hurt and working in the same position for long periods. Comparison between the symptomatic and asymptomatic dentists showed a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) in the perception of occupational risk factors. The analysis of the intensity of pain and disability with PDQ in the symptomatic dentists showed an average pain intensity of 3.8. Mean scores of the PDQ total (11.46) and its dimensions -functional condition (7.1) and psychosocial condition (4.4) -suggest a moderate disability in the dental surgeons. There was a strong t correlation (r = 0.697) between pain intensity and the total score of disability caused by pain. Conclusions: Pain and work-related musculoskeletal disorders interfere significantly with the dentists' lives. In the case of dental surgeons there is a significant correlation between pain intensity and disability. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2017;30(3):367-377

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Musculoskeletal disorders and perception of working conditions: A survey of Brazilian dentists in São Paulo

Garbín¹,

Soares²,

Arciéri³

et al. 2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…For instance, female dentists seem to be more at risk to develop physical complaints and psychological distress than their male colleagues. [9] Also, with increasing age, the prevalence of mental complaints such as anxiety, sleeplessness, feeling of loneliness. [10] and musculoskeletal physical complaints [11] tend to increase.…”

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Quality of Life of Academic Dentists’ Families; a Cross-Sectional Survey

Nourwali¹,

Abu‐Hammad²,

Dar‐Odeh

2016

Int Arch Med

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Background and objectives: Quality of the social life of dentists has not been given much attention in literature. Further, the quality of dental academics' families has never been investigated before. The aim of this study is to assess some aspects of the quality of life among academic dentists' families and to investigate the factors that may influence their quality of life.Methods: This study was based on an online questionnaire. The questionnaire was composed of two parts; the first part was directed to academic and non-academic dentists asking them about relevant demographic/professional data, and the second part was directed to their family members asking them about social, cultural, financial and health-related issues. Data were analyzed to obtain descriptive statistics and determine significance of association of different variables.Findings: A total of 125 dentists (academics=37, non-academics=88) participated in the survey together with their family members. Most of the social aspects were satisfactorily prevailing in families of both groups, however, statistically significant differences were found in some financial aspects indicating that non-academics' families live a more well-off life style. Conclusions:Families of academic and non-academic dentists showed comparable quality of life, however, they were affected by similar trends affecting families nowadays like long hours of internet usage, obesity, and waterpipe smoking, the latter was exclusively found in non-academic dentists' families.

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“…Diş hekimlerinin çalışmayı tercih ettikleri hastaların niteliklerini belirlemenin birçok kazanımı olabilir ve bunlardan biri de hasta-diş hekimi ilişkisindeki stresin azalmasına katkı sağlanmasıdır (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Ancak ülkemizde, diş hekimlerinin hastaları hakkındaki görüşlerini ortaya koyan bir çalışma henüz mevcut değildir.…”

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“…Diş hekimlerinin hastalarını nasıl algıladıklarının ve onlara ilişkin beklentilerinin saptanmasının, ağız diş sağlığı hizmetinin kalitesini artıracağı, üzerinde görüş birliğine varılan bir konudur. (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) Hasta-hekim ilişkisinin doğasında "karşılıklılık" olmasına rağmen, bu ilişkiye taraf olan her iki grubun genel tıp etiği literatüründe aynı ölçüde ele alınmadığı; hastaya yönelik çalışmaların daha ağırlıklı olarak yapıldığı bir gerçektir (9,10). Özellikle literatürdeki derlemeler incelendiğinde, hasta-hekim ilişkisini konu alan araştırmaların büyük bir çoğunluğunun hastanın bakış açısını merkeze taşıyan ve genellikle sağlık çalışanlarını veya sağlık sistemini farklı yönlerden değerlendiren ya da hastanın memnuniyetini, uyumunu, şikâyetini, beklentisini inceleyen çalışmalar olduğu görülmektedir (11)(12)(13)(14).…”

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Dentists’ patient preferences: a survey in the Adana sample

Kadıoğlu¹

2015

Turkish Journal of Bioethics

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Determinants of physical and mental health complaints in dentists: a systematic review

Cited by 26 publications

References 67 publications

Musculoskeletal disorders and perception of working conditions: A survey of Brazilian dentists in São Paulo

Musculoskeletal disorders and perception of working conditions: A survey of Brazilian dentists in São Paulo

Quality of Life of Academic Dentists’ Families; a Cross-Sectional Survey

Dentists’ patient preferences: a survey in the Adana sample

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