PubMed · 15314554
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Kathy Sitzman. 2004. Role overload.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004045-200408000-00004
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While the practice of dentistry has been demonstrated to be significantly stressful, there have been few published studies describing interventions to reduce the stress of dental practitioners. This article describes research into the prevention and alleviation of stress amongst a variety of healthcare professionals, including dental practitioners, and describes the findings from a small scale study of an intervention aimed at general dental practitioners who reported high levels of work related stress. It is argued that to be effective, interventions should be tailored to the individual needs of the practitioner, within a structured intervention framework. Further research into the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of stress management for dental practitioners is required.
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This review is focused on doctors' occupational stress. A synthesis of the broad negative impact of distress is presented, as well as its spreading importance and magnitude according to recent research. Contemporary definitions of stress and burnout models are underlined with a remembering of their historical evolution. A synthesis of stress physiopathology is presented. The core risk factors of occupational medical stress are detailed and discussed, with more emphasis in those related to doctors vulnerabilities. Great need actually unmeeted regards the public recognition of the professional medical risks, the acceptance by the doctors of their normal fragility as humans, and their insight about their own vulnerabilities as a group with specifics professional representation. The conclusion is that there is a major and urgent need for the doctors to develop and practice competences of stress management.