| Title | Psychosomatic symptoms among female unpromoted general practice dentists. | | Author(s) | Hjalmers K, Söderfeldt B, Axtelius B | | Institution | Department of Oral Public Health, Center for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden. karin.hjalmers@od.mah.se | | Source | Swed Dent J 2003; 27(1):35-41. | | MeSH | Career Mobility
Dentists, Women
Fatigue
Female
General Practice, Dental
Headache
Humans
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Pain
Psychophysiologic Disorders
Questionnaires
Self Assessment (Psychology)
Sweden
| | Abstract | Unpromoted female general practice dentists have a working situation with hard work conditions. The aim of the present study was to describe the perceived health for unpromoted female general practice dentists in comparison with others having a somewhat similar working situation. Questionnaires were sent to all unpromoted female general practice dentists (n = 183) within the Public Dental Health Service in a region in Sweden. The response rate was 94%. Comparisons have been done with personnel in the Social Insurance Organization in Sweden and Children Clinics in the Public Health Care in a region in Sweden. The dentists in this study suffered from many physical and mental troubles and also linked them to the working situation. They reported high prevalences of tiredness (70%) and back, neck and shoulder pain (76%) and related these symptoms to the job situation in 83% and 95%, respectively. The study showed statistically significant differences (p < or = 0.0001) in the comparison between all the samples that were investigated. In conclusion, the results show problems concerning self-perceived health for the unpromoted female dentists. We have shown that they are feeling unhealthy, worse than other high-risk-groups in a human service working situation, and they suffer from a multitude of problems also connected to their working environment. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 12704947 |
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