title: Burnout and stress-related factors among junior staff of three dental hospital specialties.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether occupational stress, health status, job satisfaction and burnout differed between the three major hospital dental specialties, and to compare this data with previous studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  The regional dental teaching hospital and outlying hospital units in Merseyside in 1993.
  
  
  METHODS
  All 52 junior hospital dentists in the Merseyside area were invited to complete a self-report questionnaire to be returned by post. Up to three reminders were sent. 42 staff replied (81% response rate).
  
  
  METHODS
  Occupational Stress Indicator, Maslach Burnout Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The profile of stressors was comparable to a previously reported sample of hospital dentists. Job satisfaction varied significantly across specialties (P < 0.015) whereas personal achievement was reported to be strong regardless of the nature of work. Self-reported health (physical and mental) was similar across specialties. 10% of respondents were suffering burnout. Depersonalisation (a result of extended and demanding contacts with patients) was significantly (P < 0.05) greater in restorative and oral surgery specialties in comparison with orthodontists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although short-term stressors among hospital dental staff were not different between occupational groups, some important longer term effects were identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Humphris
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lilley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaney
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Broomfield
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D003798:Dental Staff, Hospital; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003814:Dentistry, Operative; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009970:Orthodontics; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D013039:Specialties, Dental; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires