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J Evolution Med Dent Sci / eISSN - 2278-4802, pISSN - 2278-4748 / Vol. 9 / Issue 47 / Nov. 23, 2020 Page 3517
Quality of Life of Dentists in Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mossad O. Al-Mehrej
1
, Navin Anand Ingle
2
, Mansour K. Assery
3
, Abdullah Alsirhani
4
1, 2
Department of Dental Public Health, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
3
Department of Prosthodontics, Vice Rector Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
4
Prince Sultan
Military Medical City, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry, Pharmacy - RCsDP, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Life of a health care professional revolves around many influencing factors. Health
care professional quality of life is of utmost importance; because they are the
individuals who bring changes in the health care and society.
METHODS
This cross-sectional survey used World Health Organization (WHO) QOL-BREF
questionnaire which assesses QOL in physical, psychological, social, and
environmental domains which was distributed to general dental practitioners,
specialists, and consultants, working in both public and private sectors. The
completed questionnaires were coded and analysed using the SPSS IBM software
version 23.
RESULTS
Males had better QOL in physical health, psychological, and social relationships
domains of the WHOQOL-BREF. Married dentists had better QOL than singles on the
physical health, psychological, and environmental domains. QOL of consultants was
better than specialists and general practitioners on all domains. Furthermore,
consultants reported statistically significantly better QOL on the physical health,
psychological, and social relationships domains.
CONCLUSIONS
Most of the participating dentists felt that they had good quality of life irrespective of
gender and work grades.
KEY WORDS
Dentists, Quality of Life, WHOQOL-BREF
Corresponding Author:
Mossad o. al-Mehrej.
Department of Dental Public Health,
College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University,
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
E-mail:
mossad.o1.almehrej@student.riyadh.edu.sa
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2020/772
How to Cite This Article:
Al-Mehrej MO, Ingle NA, Assery MK, et al.
Quality of life of dentists in Riyadh city,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. J Evolution Med
Dent Sci 2020;9(47):3517-3522, DOI:
10.14260/jemds/2020/772
Submission 29-06-2020,
Peer Review 06-10-2020,
Acceptance 12-10-2020,
Published 23-11-2020.
Copyright © 2020 Mossad O. Al-Mehrej et al.
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