the prevalence of burnout syndrome among general dentists in qazvin, iran in 2017

Background: 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. materials and methods: this cross sectional study used a maslach questionnaire among 103 generally dentists in qazvin. the spss version 20 served for statistical analyses. results: 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. conclusion: comparing the findings with similar researches, the burnout rate on qazvin dentists is in favorable condition and even lower than other studies.