Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2020  |  Volume : 18  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 168--172

Health-related quality of life among dentists in Middle-East countries – A cross-sectional study


Sami S AlAbdulwahab, Shaji John Kachanathu, Abdulelah A Alaulami 
 Department of Rehabilitation Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shaji John Kachanathu
P. O. Box: 10219, Building #: 24, Department of Rehabilitation Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433
Saudi Arabia

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an essential concept for all health professionals. It is used to assess material, physical, social, emotional, and productive well-being. Health professionals investigate the HRQoL for their patients but rarely for themselves. Aim: To investigate the HRQoL among dentists in Middle-East countries. Materials and Methods: A multicenter and multi-regional stratified sample of 339 dentists (220 females and 119 males) with a mean age of 37 ± 9 years and 13 ± 8 years of experiences in dental practices in Middle-East countries participated in the study. HRQoL was assessed using the short form-8 (SF-8) health survey. The study group was examined based on HRQOL differences in age, gender, income, and overall QoL. The IBM® SPSS Statistics version 21 (IBM Corp., Armonk, USA) statistical software package was used for data analysis. The Spearman correlation coefficient and independent t-tests were used and significance was set at P ≤0.05. Results: The study observed that HRQoL among Middle East dental practitioners were within the published accepted general population range, in both physical component summary and mental component summary summaries of SF-8. The study also observed that gender differences had no role in terms of HRQoL among dental practitioners (P = 0.64). Conclusions: The study concluded that dentists have a positive HRQoL and no gender differences in HRQoL along with their years of dental practice. It is important that rehabilitation specialists have enough HRQoL information on different health-care professionals and geographical distribution to enable them to adopt an appropriate strategy and healthcare polices for a better outcome.


How to cite this article:
AlAbdulwahab SS, Kachanathu SJ, Alaulami AA. Health-related quality of life among dentists in Middle-East countries – A cross-sectional study.J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent 2020;18:168-172


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AlAbdulwahab SS, Kachanathu SJ, Alaulami AA. Health-related quality of life among dentists in Middle-East countries – A cross-sectional study. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];18:168-172
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