Beyond the Bite: Exploring Mental Health of Dental Faculty in Pakistan- a multi-institutional study.

IF 2.5 Q2 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE BDJ Open Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI:10.1038/s41405-024-00263-y
Kamran Ali, Daniel Zahra, Ulfat Bashir, Alaa Daud, Hina Zafar Raja, Rob Witton, Mahwish Raja
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Introduction: Mental health issues are being reported increasingly amongst healthcare staff and students globally. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of common mental health issues amongst dental faculty members at multiple institutions in Pakistan.

Methods: Following approval from the institutional ethics review board, dental faculty members at 14 dental institutions were invited to participate in an online survey based on globally validated scales for mental health problems including the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Two open-ended questions were included in the survey to identify perceived factors contributing to poor mental health and recommendations for improving institutional support.

Results: A total of 200 faculty members out of provided their responses to the survey questionnaire but complete responses were provided by 183 participants which included 120 (65.57%) females, and 63 (34.43%) males. The total number of faculty members at the participating institutions was 426 and 183 responses translated into an overall response rate of 43%. Most participants were in the 31-40 years age-group (n = 81, 44.26%) followed by 25-30 year (n = 51, 22.87%) and 41-50 years (n = 40, 21.86%). The mean score on PHQ-9 was 6.51 (SD ± 5.4) while the mean DASS-21 score was 13.04 (SD ± 10.95). PHQ-9 Depression, and DASS-21 Depression, Anxiety, and Stress scores were all significantly positively correlated for the whole sample, and within each subgroup of each demographic factor. Job-related workload, lack of institutional support, financial limitations, and poor work life balance were identified as the main factors contributing adversely to the mental health of the participants.

Discussion: This study provides useful insights into the scale of mental health status amongst dental faculty members at 14 institutions in Pakistan. Underlying factors affecting the mental health of faculty members adversely were identified and recommendations are provided to address these challenges.

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超越咬合:探索巴基斯坦牙科教师的心理健康--一项多机构研究。
导言:据报道,全球越来越多的医护人员和学生出现心理健康问题。本研究旨在调查巴基斯坦多所院校的牙科教师中常见心理健康问题的发生频率:在获得机构伦理审查委员会的批准后,14 所牙科院校的牙科教师受邀参加了一项在线调查,该调查基于全球有效的心理健康问题量表,包括患者健康问卷 (PHQ-9) 和抑郁、焦虑和压力量表 (DASS-21)。调查中还包括两个开放式问题,以确定导致心理健康状况不佳的认知因素和改善机构支持的建议:共有 200 名教职员工回答了调查问卷,其中 183 人回答了完整的问题,包括 120 名女性(65.57%)和 63 名男性(34.43%)。参与调查院校的教职员工总数为 426 人,183 人作了回答,总体回答率为 43%。大多数参与者的年龄在 31-40 岁之间(81 人,占 44.26%),其次是 25-30 岁(51 人,占 22.87%)和 41-50 岁(40 人,占 21.86%)。PHQ-9的平均得分是6.51(SD ± 5.4),DASS-21的平均得分是13.04(SD ± 10.95)。PHQ-9抑郁评分和DASS-21抑郁、焦虑和压力评分在整个样本中,以及在每个人口统计学因素的每个分组中,均呈显著正相关。与工作相关的工作量、缺乏机构支持、财务限制和工作生活不平衡被认为是影响参与者心理健康的主要因素:本研究为了解巴基斯坦 14 所院校牙科教师的心理健康状况提供了有益的启示。研究发现了对教职员工心理健康产生不利影响的根本因素,并提出了应对这些挑战的建议。
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BDJ Open Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
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