Alsharif M, Almadani N, Mahmoud R Y, Alsharif A, Al-Maweri S A, Kassim S
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Prince Naif Ibn Abdulaziz Rd., Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2023 Feb;26(2):162-168. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_35_22.
Dental students' burnout has been repeatedly reported in the literature; however, there is little information about the contributing factors in different contexts and settings.
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between burnout among undergraduate dental students and sociodemographic (specifically gender), psychological (resilience), and structural factors (dental environment stress).
An online cross-sectional survey questionnaire was distributed among a convenience sample of 500 undergraduate Saudi dental students. The survey included questions about sociodemographic factors (gender, level of education, academic achievement, type of school [public or private], and living arrangements). The study also included items that allowed assessment of students' burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and assessment of student environmental stress and resilience using the Dental Environment Stress Scale (DESS) and the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Descriptive statistics, univariate, and linear regression analyses were performed.
The response rate was 67% (male = 119, female = 216). Univariable analysis showed that gender, level of education, and DESS and BRS scores correlated significantly (P <.05) with MBI scores. Adjusted multiple linear regression lends further support to that the MBI scores negatively correlated with the BRS score but positively correlated with the DESS score (β = -0.29, P <.001; β = 0.44, P <.001, respectively).
Within the limitations of this study, the findings demonstrated that increases in resilience correlated significantly with decreases in burnout and increases in environmental stress correlated significantly with increases in burnout among dental students. However, gender had no influence on burnout.
牙科学生的职业倦怠在文献中已被多次报道；然而，关于不同背景和环境下的影响因素的信息却很少。
本研究旨在调查本科牙科学生的职业倦怠与社会人口统计学因素（特别是性别）、心理因素（心理韧性）和结构因素（牙科环境压力）之间的相关性。
在500名沙特本科牙科学生的便利样本中进行了一项在线横断面调查问卷。该调查包括有关社会人口统计学因素的问题（性别、教育水平、学业成绩、学校类型[公立或私立]和生活安排）。该研究还包括使用马氏职业倦怠量表（MBI）评估学生职业倦怠以及使用牙科环境压力量表（DESS）和简易心理韧性量表（BRS）评估学生环境压力和心理韧性的项目。进行了描述性统计、单变量分析和线性回归分析。
回复率为67%（男性 = 119，女性 = 216）。单变量分析表明，性别、教育水平以及DESS和BRS得分与MBI得分显著相关（P <.05）。调整后的多元线性回归进一步支持MBI得分与BRS得分呈负相关，但与DESS得分呈正相关（β = -0.29，P <.001；β = 0.44，P <.001）。
在本研究的局限性内，研究结果表明，心理韧性的增强与牙科学生职业倦怠的降低显著相关，而环境压力的增加与职业倦怠的增加显著相关。然而，性别对职业倦怠没有影响。
