ABSTRACT
Dentistry is a profession demanding physical and mental efforts as well as people contact, which can result in burnout. The level of burnout among 307 clinical dental students in 2 Jordanian universities was evaluated using the Maslach Burnout Inventory survey. Scores for the inventory's 3 subscales were calculated and the mean values for the students' groups were computed separately. Dental students in both universities suffered high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. The dental students at the University of Jordan demonstrated a significantly higher level of emotional exhaustion than their counterparts at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Subject(s)
Burnout, Professional/epidemiology , Burnout, Professional/psychology , Students, Dental , Analysis of Variance , Attitude of Health Personnel , Attitude to Health , Burnout, Professional/diagnosis , Burnout, Professional/etiology , Burnout, Professional/prevention & control , Female , Humans , Jordan/epidemiology , Male , Population Surveillance , Risk Factors , Severity of Illness Index , Sex Distribution , Statistics, Nonparametric , Students, Dental/psychology , Students, Dental/statistics & numerical data , Time Factors , Universities , Workload/psychology , Workload/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
Dentistry is a profession demanding physical and mental efforts as well as people contact, which can result in burnout. The level of burnout among 307 clinical dental students in 2 Jordanian universities was evaluated using the Maslach Burnout Inventory survey. Scores for the inventory's 3 subscales were calculated and the mean values for the students' groups were computed separately. Dental students in both universities suffered high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. The dental students at the University of Jordan demonstrated a significantly higher level of emotional exhaustion than their counterparts at the Jordan University of Science and Technology
