Key Laboratory of Psychoseomadsy, Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, China.
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 30;19(23):16042. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316042.
A qualified Chinese dental postgraduate requires at least eight years of training. The huge academic burden, strict clinical requirements, and high workload increases the risk of job burnout, depression symptoms, and career choice regret of dental postgraduates, which may cause one to waver in their choice of a career as a doctor. Therefore, we aimed at assessing the relationship between job burnout, depressive symptoms, and career choice regret among Chinese dental postgraduates. The Chongqing Stomatological Association conducted an online cross-sectional study among 558 dental postgraduates in China, with an average age of 22.54 ± 2.44. Demographic information, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the 2-item Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders scale, and career choice regret scale were included in the questionnaire. About 41.0% of dental postgraduates experienced job burnout, 44.1% had depressive symptoms, and 41.6% reported career choice regret. Logistic regression analysis indicated the risk factors for job burnout were time worked/studied per week, depressive symptoms, and career choice regret. Job burnout and career choice regret was significantly related to depressive symptoms (p < 0.001). Risk factors for career choice regret were gender, postgraduate entrance examination score, daily hours of sleep, job burnout, and depressive symptoms. Such results suggest that job burnout, depressive symptoms, and career choice regrets are prevalent among dental postgraduates. Accurate measures should be taken to change this situation.
一名合格的中国牙科研究生至少需要八年的培训。巨大的学术负担、严格的临床要求和高工作量增加了牙科研究生工作倦怠、抑郁症状和职业选择后悔的风险，这可能导致他们对成为医生的职业选择产生动摇。因此，我们旨在评估中国牙科研究生的工作倦怠、抑郁症状和职业选择后悔之间的关系。重庆市口腔医学会在中国进行了一项针对 558 名牙科研究生的在线横断面研究，平均年龄为 22.54±2.44 岁。问卷包括人口统计学信息、Maslach 职业倦怠量表、2 项初级保健心理健康评估量表和职业选择后悔量表。约 41.0%的牙科研究生经历了工作倦怠，44.1%有抑郁症状，41.6%报告了职业选择后悔。逻辑回归分析表明，工作倦怠的风险因素是每周工作/学习时间、抑郁症状和职业选择后悔。工作倦怠和职业选择后悔与抑郁症状显著相关（p<0.001）。职业选择后悔的风险因素是性别、研究生入学考试成绩、每天睡眠时间、工作倦怠和抑郁症状。这些结果表明，牙科研究生中普遍存在工作倦怠、抑郁症状和职业选择后悔。应采取准确措施改变这种情况。
