Quality of Life and Satisfaction from Career and Work–Life Integration of Greek Dentists before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Questionnaire of the Study
2.2. Sample
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Title 1 | Title 2 | Title 3 | Title 4 |
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Sex | Categories | Data | Percentage |
Women | 442 | 44.92% | |
Men | 361 | 55% | |
Other | 1 | 0.1% | |
Age | Up to 30 years | 74 | 9.2% |
31–40 | 138 | 17.2% | |
41–50 | 263 | 32.7% | |
51–60 | 233 | 29% | |
60 and above | 96 | 11.9% | |
Personal relationship status | Married | 521 | 64.8% |
Unmarried | 189 | 23.5% | |
Divorced | 70 | 8.7% | |
Other | 24 | 3% | |
Having children | No children | 247 | 30.7% |
1–2 | 485 | 60.3% | |
3 and more | 72 | 9% | |
Dental educational status | Basic dental education | 506 | 62.9% |
Master’s degree | 228 | 28.4% | |
PhD degree | 70 | 8.7% | |
General educational status | Only dentistry diploma | 666 | 82.8% |
Diploma in another science | 138 | 17.2% | |
Dental clinical practice | General dentistry | 610 | 75.9% |
Esthetic dentistry | 26 | 3.2% | |
Oral surgery | 9 | 1.1% | |
Endodontics | 33 | 4.1% | |
Orthodontics | 31 | 3.9% | |
Pedodontics | 34 | 4.2% | |
Periodontology | 21 | 2.6% | |
Prosthetics | 29 | 3.6% | |
Stomatology | 4 | 0.5% | |
Other | 7 | 0.9% | |
Years in the profession | 1–10 years | 162 | 20.1% |
11–20 years | 244 | 30.3% | |
21–30 years | 219 | 27.2% | |
31 and above years | 179 | 22.3% | |
Professional field | Private office | 633 | 78.7% |
Public hospital | 31 | 3.9% | |
University | 14 | 1.7% | |
Private office + freelancer | 28 | 3.5% | |
Only freelancer | 27 | 3.4% | |
Working with another dentist | 34 | 4.2% | |
Employee | 30 | 3.7% | |
Other form | 7 | 0.9% | |
Staff status | No employee | 453 | 56.3% |
1 employee | 170 | 21.1% | |
2–3 and more | 65 | 8.1% | |
4 and above | 24 | 3% |
Job Satisfaction Outcome Variables | |||||
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B | 95% CI for B | P | Association | ||
Predictors | “During the pandemic I feel trapped from my work in the dental office” | ||||
Gender | 0.221 | 0.030 0.411 | 0.023 | Increased in males | |
Age | −0.257 | −0.348 −0.165 | 0.0001 | Negative (inverse) | |
Number of children | −0.335 | −0.562 −0.107 | 0.004 | Negative (inverse) | |
Higher degree | −0.144 | −0.252 −0.036 | 0.009 | Negative (inverse) | |
“During the pandemic I like my job” | |||||
Gender | −0.312 | −0.479 −0.146 | 0.0001 | Decreased in males | |
Age | 0.144 | 0.064 0.225 | 0.0001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Higher degree | 0.135 | 0.041 0.230 | 0.005 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Years of practice | −0.162 | −0.261 −0.062 | 0.001 | Negative (inverse) | |
“During the pandemic I am satisfied with my professional performance” | |||||
Years of practice | −0.121 | −0.210 0.032 | 0.008 | Negative (inverse) | |
“During the pandemic, my remuneration is satisfactory for the work I do and the responsibilities I take on” | |||||
Age | 0.133 | 0.053 0.212 | 0.001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Higher degree | 0.215 | 0.122 0.309 | 0.0001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Income | −0.099 | −0.172 −0.027 | 0.007 | Negative (inverse) | |
“If you were asked today, you would choose the dental profession” | |||||
Age | 0.163 | 0.073 0.254 | 0.0001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Years of practice | −0.121 | −0.232 −0.009 | 0.034 | Negative (inverse) | |
“I am happy during the pandemic” | |||||
Gender | −0.196 | −0.365 −0.027 | 0.023 | Decreased in males | |
Age | 0.223 | 0.020 0.425 | 0.031 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Marital status | −0.241 | −0.342 −0.140 | 0.0001 | Negative (inverse) |
Predictors Influencing Job Satisfaction before Pandemic | |||||
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Predictors | “I was happy before the pandemic” | ||||
Years in profession | −0.189 | −281 −0.098 | 0.0001 | Negative (inverse) | |
“Before the pandemic, my remuneration was satisfactory for the work I was doing and the responsibilities I was taking on” | |||||
Higher degree | 0.168 | 0.083 0.253 | 0.0001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
“I have beliefs/values/principles that support me to continue my work despite the difficulties of the pandemic regardless the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” | |||||
Age | 0.060 | 0.007 0.114 | 0.027 | Positive (in tandem) | |
“ I am pleased because I feel able to evolve through my profession as a person and as a scientist regardless the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” | |||||
Age | 0.126 | −0.052 0.126 | 0.0001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Higher degree | 0.114 | 0.034 0.194 | 0.005 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Years of practice | −0.109 | 0.193 −0.024 | 0.012 | Negative (inverse) | |
Income | −0.067 | −0.129 −0.005 | 0.034 | Negative (inverse) | |
“I am the person I have always wanted to be regardless the period of the pandemic we are experiencing” | |||||
Age | 0.077 | 0.009 0.144 | 0.026 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Marital status | 0.095 | 0.014 0.176 | 0.022 | Increased in married | |
“I believe that I can make a difference for the improvement of society through the dental profession regardless of the period of the pandemic that we are experiencing” | |||||
Age | 0.098 | 0.024 0.172 | 0.01 | Positive (in tandem) |
Satisfaction Issues | |||||
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B | 95% CI for B | P | Association | ||
Predictor | Satisfaction from the career Summary score of “Would you like any of your children to follow your profession? (even if you don’t have children now)” and ”If you were asked today, would you choose the dental profession?” and “I believe that I can make a difference for the improvement of society through the dental profession” | ||||
Age | 0.427 | 0.233 0.622 | 0.001 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Marital status | 0.276 | 0.042 0.509 | 0.021 | Increased in married | |
Years of practice | −0.330 | −0.571 −0.090 | 0.007 | Negative (inverse) | |
Income | −0.221 | −0.398 −0.044 | 0.015 | Negative (inverse) | |
Satisfaction from the work–life integration Summary score of “I was happy before the pandemic” and ”I think I do not work long hours and I have a personal life” and “I am pleased because I feel able to evolve through my profession as a person and as a scientist” and ”I am the person I have always wanted to be”. | |||||
Marital status | 0.255 | 0.054 0.457 | 0.013 | Increased in married | |
Years of practice | −0.371 | −0.578 −0.163 | 0.0001 | Negative (inverse) |
Total Score of ProQOL | |||||
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B | 95% CI for B | P | Association | ||
Predictor | ProQOL score before the pandemic | ||||
Age | −1.007 | −1.574 −0.440 | 0.001 | Negative (inverse) | |
Number of children | −1.704 | −3.112 −0.297 | 0.018 | Negative (inverse) | |
Higher degree | −1.143 | −1.809 −0.477 | 0.001 | Negative (inverse) | |
ProQOL score during the pandemic | |||||
Gender | −0.582 | −0.950 −0.214 | 0.002 | Decreased in males | |
Number of children | 0.469 | 0.029 0.910 | 0.037 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Higher degree | 0.279 | 0.071 0.488 | 0.009 | Positive (in tandem) | |
Years of practice | −0.523 | −0.743 −0.304 | 0.0001 | Negative (inverse) |
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Antoniadou, M. Quality of Life and Satisfaction from Career and Work–Life Integration of Greek Dentists before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169865
Antoniadou M. Quality of Life and Satisfaction from Career and Work–Life Integration of Greek Dentists before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):9865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169865
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntoniadou, Maria. 2022. "Quality of Life and Satisfaction from Career and Work–Life Integration of Greek Dentists before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 9865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169865