Bates Lyndsay F, Buehler Amy M, Boynton James R, Majewski Robert F, Inglehart Marita R
Pediatric dentist in private practice in St. Paul, MN, USA.
Pediatr Dent. 2013 Jul-Aug;35(4):343-50.
The purpose of this study was to determine pediatric dentists' level of job satisfaction and to explore which factors (demographic and practice/work/patient characteristics) are related to their satisfaction.
Data were collected with mailed surveys from 385 and with web-based surveys from 966 pediatric dentists in the United States. Professional satisfaction was measured with the Professional Satisfaction Scale and the Dentists' Satisfaction Scale.
Most respondents would choose dentistry (89 percent) and pediatric dentistry (92 percent) again and would recommend dentistry (85 percent) and pediatric dentistry (83 percent) to their child as a career. Male respondents were more satisfied with income, personal and professional time, staff, and practice management aspects, and female respondents were more satisfied with patient relations. The older the dentists were, the more satisfied they were. Respondents in academia were less stressed and less satisfied with their income than respondents in nonacademic settings. The more time spent in the operatory and the less administrative work, the more satisfied the respondents were. The fewer patients from a lower socioeconomic background they treated, the more satisfied they were.
Overall, pediatric dentists have a high level of job satisfaction. Demographic factors and practice/work/patient characteristic are related to job satisfaction.
本研究旨在确定儿科牙医的工作满意度水平，并探究哪些因素（人口统计学因素以及执业/工作/患者特征）与他们的满意度相关。
通过邮寄调查收集了美国385名儿科牙医的数据，并通过网络调查收集了966名儿科牙医的数据。使用专业满意度量表和牙医满意度量表来衡量职业满意度。
大多数受访者（89%）会再次选择牙科，（92%）会再次选择儿科牙科，并会向自己的孩子推荐牙科（85%）和儿科牙科（83%）作为职业。男性受访者对收入、个人和专业时间、员工以及执业管理方面更满意，而女性受访者对患者关系更满意。牙医年龄越大，满意度越高。学术界的受访者比非学术环境中的受访者压力更小，但对收入的满意度更低。在诊疗室花费的时间越多且行政工作越少，受访者就越满意。他们治疗的社会经济背景较低的患者越少，就越满意。
总体而言，儿科牙医的工作满意度较高。人口统计学因素以及执业/工作/患者特征与工作满意度相关。
