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[Quality of working life for dentists in Antioquia 2011-2012]
Rosa V López1, Jorge L Sierra2, Silvia P Díaz3
1RL: OD: M. Sc. Salud Pública. Docente, Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia. rosa.lopez@udea.edu.co.
Objective:
To analyze the Quality of Life at Work (QOL) of dentists in Antioquia, Colombia, based on objective and subjective components.
Materials And Methods:
A sample of 323 dentists was used for a descriptive study using a structured survey. Data were processed using in SPSS 17.0 and Epidat 3.1 software.
Results:
Significant trends (p<0.05) were found for the decrease of male, home-based and postgraduate professionals. Fewer and fewer professionals earn more than five times the legal monthly minimum wage, have access to private health services, and enjoy more than 15 vacation days per year. On the other hand, the number of dentists that cover their social security expenses and updating courses costs by themselves Increased, as well as the number of professionals that moved to different municipalities to work (p<0.05). Working conditions and the distance between dreams and reality have meaningful differences for the periods observed.
Discussion:
Findings ratify the incidence of health and education reforms over the practice of dentistry, revealing significant supply and demand conflicts that exacerbate the deterioration of working conditions and push professionals to merely accommodate, more and more, distancing from the once dreamed profession.
Conclusion:
The QOL for dentists in Antioquia has deteriorated due to negative tendencies on working conditions derived from the complexity and crisis of the working environment. In addition, professionals do not attempt to associate to face and transform this reality.
