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Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India
BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study was designed to measure the level and distribution of job satisfaction of registered dental practitioners and to explore the factors associated with it. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted among 66 registered dentists in Srikakulam, India. Job satisf...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767766 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.151976 |
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author | Kaipa, Sudhakar Pydi, Siva Kumar Krishna Kumar, Rathikota Veeravenkata Sathyasai Srinivasulu, Gomasani Darsi, Venkata Rajesh Kumar Sode, Munikumar |
author_facet | Kaipa, Sudhakar Pydi, Siva Kumar Krishna Kumar, Rathikota Veeravenkata Sathyasai Srinivasulu, Gomasani Darsi, Venkata Rajesh Kumar Sode, Munikumar |
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description | BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study was designed to measure the level and distribution of job satisfaction of registered dental practitioners and to explore the factors associated with it. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted among 66 registered dentists in Srikakulam, India. Job satisfaction was measured by using a modified version of the Dentists Satisfaction Survey questionnaire. The statistical tests employed were “t” test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Post hoc test (Scheffe test) was employed for multiple comparisons. RESULTS: The response rate was 82.5%. The mean score of overall job satisfaction among dentists was 3.08 out of 5. The most satisfying aspect was income (3.7) and the least satisfying aspect was staff (2.5). Overall satisfaction increased with age. Male practitioners showed less satisfaction with staff, income, and overall satisfaction and more satisfaction in professional relations and time, when compared to females. Job satisfaction was found to be more in practitioners with postgraduate qualification. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that patient relations, perception of income, personal time, and staff are the important factors for job satisfaction among dentists. The findings of this study will be helpful to policymakers to design plans in order to increase the level of job satisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-43558492015-03-12 Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India Kaipa, Sudhakar Pydi, Siva Kumar Krishna Kumar, Rathikota Veeravenkata Sathyasai Srinivasulu, Gomasani Darsi, Venkata Rajesh Kumar Sode, Munikumar J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Original Article BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study was designed to measure the level and distribution of job satisfaction of registered dental practitioners and to explore the factors associated with it. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted among 66 registered dentists in Srikakulam, India. Job satisfaction was measured by using a modified version of the Dentists Satisfaction Survey questionnaire. The statistical tests employed were “t” test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Post hoc test (Scheffe test) was employed for multiple comparisons. RESULTS: The response rate was 82.5%. The mean score of overall job satisfaction among dentists was 3.08 out of 5. The most satisfying aspect was income (3.7) and the least satisfying aspect was staff (2.5). Overall satisfaction increased with age. Male practitioners showed less satisfaction with staff, income, and overall satisfaction and more satisfaction in professional relations and time, when compared to females. Job satisfaction was found to be more in practitioners with postgraduate qualification. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that patient relations, perception of income, personal time, and staff are the important factors for job satisfaction among dentists. The findings of this study will be helpful to policymakers to design plans in order to increase the level of job satisfaction. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4355849/ /pubmed/25767766 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.151976 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kaipa, Sudhakar Pydi, Siva Kumar Krishna Kumar, Rathikota Veeravenkata Sathyasai Srinivasulu, Gomasani Darsi, Venkata Rajesh Kumar Sode, Munikumar Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India |
title | Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India |
title_full | Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India |
title_fullStr | Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India |
title_full_unstemmed | Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India |
title_short | Career satisfaction among dental practitioners in Srikakulam, India |
title_sort | career satisfaction among dental practitioners in srikakulam, india |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767766 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.151976 |
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