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Tsutsumi A, Umehara K, Ono H, et al. Types of psychosocial job demands and adverse events due to dental mismanagement: a cross sectional study. BMC Oral Health. 2007;7:3doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-3.
Tsutsumi, A., Umehara, K., Ono, H., & Kawakami, N. (2007). Types of psychosocial job demands and adverse events due to dental mismanagement: a cross sectional study. BMC oral health, 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-7-3
Tsutsumi, Akizumi, et al. "Types of psychosocial job demands and adverse events due to dental mismanagement: a cross sectional study." BMC oral health vol. 7 (2007): 3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-7-3
Tsutsumi A, Umehara K, Ono H, Kawakami N. Types of psychosocial job demands and adverse events due to dental mismanagement: a cross sectional study. BMC Oral Health. 2007 Apr 04;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-3. PMID: 17408488; PMCID: PMC1854897.
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BMC Oral Health. 2007 Apr 04;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-3.

Types of psychosocial job demands and adverse events due to dental mismanagement: a cross sectional study.

BMC oral health

Akizumi Tsutsumi, Katsura Umehara, Hiroshi Ono, Norito Kawakami

Affiliations

  1. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Occupational Health Training Center, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 17408488 PMCID: PMC1854897 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-3

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A harsh work environment including psychosocial job demands might cause adverse events due to medical mismanagement, but the association has not been explored. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether some types of psychosocial job demands are associated with adverse events due to dental mismanagement experienced by general dental practitioners.

METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to members of a local branch of the Japan dental association. A total of 261 dental practitioners responded anonymously (response rate 53%). Psychosocial job demands were measured by a Japanese version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, which comprises five sub-scales: quantitative demands, cognitive demands, emotional demands, demands for hiding emotions, and sensorial demands. The outcome was defined according to whether the respondent's patients experienced one of the following adverse events due to dental mismanagement at least once during the previous one year: dropping of dental instrument or broken injection needle, soft tissue or nerve injury, accidental bleeding, loss of a tooth root into the maxillary sinus, and emphysema. Associations between each demand index and experience of adverse events were examined by logistic regression analyses adjusting for potential confounders.

RESULTS: Emotional demands and sensorial demands were significantly associated with the experience of adverse events (odds ratio = 3.9 for each). Other than the indices, male gender, younger age, practice alone, many dental chairs (five or more), and many patients (30 or more per day) were the risks. Working hours per week and number of paramedical staff had no significant associations.

CONCLUSION: Emotional and sensorial job demands are a potential target for the reduction of adverse events due to dental mismanagement.

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