Prevalence and Effect of Workplace Stress Among Pediatric Dentists

Work-related stress is a pattern of physiological, emotional, cognitive and behavioural reactions to some extremely taxing aspects of work content, work organization and work environment.

Certain work situations are too intense and frequent in nature that exceed an individual's coping capabilities and resources to handle them adequately Dentistry is commonly known as a stressful profession among various occupations. Frequent dealing with different types of patients, working in a very small area for long period of time , exposure to toxic substances , all these factors put the dentist under stress.

Adding to the previous factors, working to uncooperative children with annoying parents, will put pediatric dentistry on the top of the most stressful branches in dentistry.

Stress can affect pedodontists physiologically by increasing their blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate and excessive sweating which in turn may increase the risk of hypertension and breathing problems.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Workplace Stress

Detailed Description

All Paricipants were informed about the objectives of the study and signed an informed consent before participating in the study.

On the day of work, blood pressure and heart rate will be measured for every pediatric dentist at the beginning of the day before starting any case and will be measured again after 3 hours from continuous work. Then, the two readings will be recorded and compared. This part will help in the physiological assessment of the study.

The psychological part will be assessed by asking the pediatric dentists to answer the questions of the 2 scales. {Appendices (2 &3)}

There will be a specially designed chart for fulfilling the aim of the study designed by the main investigator, this recording chart is formulated to collect the data from the participants.

The recording chart is composed of 3 sections:

The First Section includes sociodemographic data The Second Section includes psychological assessment in which the score gets by each participant is recorded.

The Third Section includes physiological assessment in which the first and second readings of heart rate and blood pressure are recorded and inspected for any change.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 246

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • El Manial
    • Cairo, El Manial, Egypt, 11562
      • Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 25 years to 40 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Postgraduate pediatric dentists aged from 25 to 40 years old, medically free

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Both genders are included
• Postgraduate dentists submitting for master and PHD in pediatric dentistry
• Medically free
• The participants who sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants taking drugs affecting nervous system
• Fasting participants

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Prevalence of stress	Cohen percieved stress scale	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Degree of stress	Workplace stress scale	6 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Heart rate	Digital sphygmamanometer	6 months
Blood Pressure systolic and diastolic	Digital sphygmamanometer	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Maha Sayed, BSc, Resident at pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department; Study Chair: Shaimaa Sabry, PhD, Lecturer at Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department; Study Chair: Walaa Fakher, PhD, Lecturer of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University; Study Director: Randa Youssif, PhD, Associate Professer at Pediatric dentistry and dental public health department

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): September 30, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): September 30, 2021
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): July 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 17, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 5, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 30, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Stress
• Other Study ID Numbers: x643gvu9

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No