Institute of Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2011;47(7):399-404.
Work-related commitments unavoidably interfere with the dentist's everyday life. Therefore, the objective of our study was to assess the impact that a dentist's occupation might have on the family well-being.
The questionnaire was sent to all (N=2449) licensed dentists registered in the Lithuanian Dental Association (response rate, 68.2%). The data were analyzed by means of multiple logistic regression analysis.
Most dentists reported difficulties in reconciliation of their professional activities and family life, i.e., insufficient time to spend with a family, necessity to reduce family leisure activities, neglected duties to the family, limited time for hobbies, and work-related anxiety and nervousness at home. These hazardous occupational effects were mainly related to long working hours, which negatively affected all areas of family life.
Occupational hazards, particularly long working hours of dental practitioners, had negative effects on all areas of the dentist's family life. Although dentists frequently faced difficulties in reconciliation of their professional activities and their family interests, in general, they had quite a harmonious family life. The findings suggest that the focus should be on finding the ways to reduce working hours in order to facilitate the reconciliation of a successful dental practice and family life. Additionally, there might be other effective means, e.g., to cope with stress or to develop better working and leisure time management skills.
工作相关的义务不可避免地会干扰牙医的日常生活。因此，我们研究的目的是评估牙医的职业可能对家庭幸福产生的影响。
问卷被发送给所有（N=2449）在立陶宛牙医协会注册的持照牙医（回复率为 68.2%）。数据通过多因素逻辑回归分析进行分析。
大多数牙医报告说，他们在协调职业活动和家庭生活方面存在困难，例如，与家人相处的时间不足，需要减少家庭休闲活动，对家庭的职责被忽视，业余爱好的时间有限，以及工作相关的焦虑和紧张在家中。这些危险的职业影响主要与工作时间长有关，这对家庭生活的各个方面都产生了负面影响。
职业危害，特别是牙医工作时间长，对牙医家庭生活的各个方面都产生了负面影响。尽管牙医经常在协调职业活动和家庭利益方面遇到困难，但总体而言，他们的家庭生活还是相当和谐的。研究结果表明，应重点关注减少工作时间的方法，以促进成功的牙科实践和家庭生活的协调。此外，可能还有其他有效的方法，例如应对压力或发展更好的工作和休闲时间管理技能。
