Abstract
Objective To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of dental professionals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Methods This cross-sectional study recruited dental professionals (general dentists, specialists, and consultants) from public and private sectors in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The World Health Organization's QOL Assessment-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was administered among study participants. The questionnaire addresses four domains of QOL which are physical, psychological, social relationships, and environment. Results There were 313 dental professionals in the study with a mean age of 35.72 (8.58) years. The mean score of QOL in the sample was 63 (13.9) on a 0–100 scale. 75% of the participants rated their QOL as good or very good. Of four domains, the social relationship domain had the highest mean score of QOL (67.04 SD: 23.52) and the physical domain had the lowest score (59.66 SD: 14.69). There were significant differences in the QOL of consultants (66.46 SD: 12.55), specialists (65.42 SD: 12.91), and general dentists (61.06 SD: 14.18) (P 0.010). The participants with medical illness had significantly lower QOL (56.91 SD: 12.83) than those without medical illness (63.67 SD: 13.92) (P 0.01). There were significant differences in the QOL of participants with 0–10 years since graduation (61.97 SD: 14.71), 11–20 years (61.92 SD: 13.56), and more than 20 years (68.53 SD: 10.71) (P 0.009). Conclusion The qualifications, medical illness, and years since graduation were important determinants of QOL among dental professionals. Measures should be taken to improve QOL of dental professionals which can enhance the quality of patient care.
Highlights
Maximum three visits were performed if dentists were unable to provide their responses in the first or second visits. is helped achieve an adequate response rate for the study. e hard copies of the questionnaire were delivered to dentists in their dental offices. e selection of dentists was performed using a convenience sampling technique. e dentists willing to participate in the study were requested to fill out the questionnaire according to what they felt during the last 2 weeks [13]
Our study assessed the quality of life (QOL) of dental professionals and its influencing factors in Saudi Arabia. e majority of dental professionals (75%) in our study indicated that they had a good or very good QOL. e study demonstrated the highest mean score in the social relationships domain
Conclusion e study demonstrated good QOL in the majority of dental professionals. e consultants exhibited the highest QOL compared with specialists and general dentists
Summary
Maximum three visits were performed if dentists were unable to provide their responses in the first or second visits. E selection of dentists was performed using a convenience sampling technique. E dentists willing to participate in the study were requested to fill out the questionnaire according to what they felt during the last 2 weeks [13]. A sample of 377 dentists was calculated based on a 95% confidence level, 5% margin of error, 50% response distribution, and an approximate dentist population in the Eastern Province (n 2000). E main objective of this study was to evaluate the QOL of dentists. To attain this goal, a World Health Organization’ QOL Assessment-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was used. A World Health Organization’ QOL Assessment-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was used. e questionnaire addresses four domains of QOL which are physical, psychological, social relationships, and environmental areas
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