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

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Sociodemographic and work conditions and psychosocial job demands

	Quantitative demands		Cognitive demands		Emotional demands		Demands for hiding emotions		Sensorial demands
	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p
Sex
Men	12	0.585	47	0.940	9	0.681	13	0.855	91	0.394
Women	8		48		12		12		96
Age (yeas old)
≤40	19	0.070	64	0.008	12	0.162	14	0.223	89	0.892
41–50	11		51		14		17		91
51–60	12		40		6		15		93
≥61	2		32		4		4		92
Working hours per week
≤40	5	<0.001	44	0.068	7	0.046	10	0.120	91	0.606
41–50	10		44		9		13		90
≥51	33		64		21		23		95
Numbers of patients per day
Up to around 25	5	<0.001	37	<0.001	5	0.005	11	0.105	88	0.088
Around 30–35	19		54		14		12		95
Around 40 or more	26		74		21		24		97
Numbers of dentists
1	12	0.800	47	0.302	8	0.332	14	0.644	92	0.804
2	9		44		12		13		90
≥3	12		65		18		6		94
Number of paramedical staff in the clinic
≤3	5	0.005	30	<0.001	5	0.001	13	0.732	87	0.017
4–5	10		53		7		12		90
≥6	22		67		22		17		100
Number of the dental chairs in the clinic
≤2	4	0.040	38	0.008	3	0.104	7	0.511	79	0.103
3	7		38		6		13		93
4	19		60		15		18		91
≥5	15		59		15		12		95

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