The prevalence of burnout syndrome among general dentists in Qazvin, Iran in 2017

Dentists suffer a massive burn out in their professional work because they are under extreme mental and physical pressure through their work.
Object: This study investigates to findthe dimensions of burnout such as emotional exhaustion depersonalization, and a low sense of personal fulfillment of dentists in Qazvin and its associated  factors to prevent and reducethis side effect. This cross sectional study used a maslach questionnaire among  103 generally dentists in Qazvin. The SPSS version 20 served for statistical analyses. Among the dentists 57.3% were men and mean age was 42 years. For emotional exhaustion  more than 60% of participants were in low conditionand about 14% had severe emotional  exhaustion. Majority of dentists in the study were in slight condition but 15.5% had severe depersonalization. None of the dentists studied was in difficulty in terms of job adequacy, and all of them had favorable job performance. Comparing the findings with similar researches, the burnout rate on Qazvin dentists is in favorable condition and even lower than other studies.