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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
Individual differences among dentists determine to a large degree what is experienced as work stress, but assessment of specific areas is necessary to be able to act preventively. The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to be used to monitor the experience of work stress in detail, to measure its levels, and to relate those levels to job (dis-) satisfaction. A questionnaire was developed, the Dentists' Experienced Work Stress Scale (DEWSS), covering widespread aspects of dental work, which was completed by 709 dentists, forming a highly representative sample of Dutch general dental practitioners. Factorial, correlational, and reliability analyses were conducted, after which seven areas of stress emerged: Work Pressure, Financial Aspects, Patient Contacts, Work Contents, Career Aspects, Team Aspects, and Professional and Private Life. Of these, Patient Contacts and Work Contents showed highest mean scores, as did the specific items: 'defaulters', 'governmental instructions', and 'unreasonable or demanding patients'. A strong inverse relationship was found between work stress, in particular lack of career perspective, and job satisfaction. The questionnaire is a valuable instrument to monitor pressure at work as felt by Dutch general dental practitioners. Patient contacts, work pressure, and career perspective clearly need preventive attention in the Dutch situation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0020-6539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
144-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Dental Care, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Dentist-Patient Relations, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Factor Analysis, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Financial Management, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-General Practice, Dental, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Interprofessional Relations, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Job Satisfaction, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Life Style, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Netherlands, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Occupational Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Patient Care Team, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Psychometrics, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:10858747-Stress, Psychological
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Measuring work stress among Dutch dentists.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Social Dentistry and Dental Health Education, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't