Research Article

Evaluation of Quality of Life among Dental Professionals by Using the WHOQOL-BREF Instrument in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Distribution of study variables among dental professionals.

Study variablesN (%), N = 313

Gender
 Male176 (56.2)
 Female137 (43.8)

Marital status
 Married224 (71.6)
 Single/divorce89 (28.4)

Year of graduation
 0–10 years163 (52.1)
 11–20 years100 (31.9)
 >20 years50 (16)

Type of job
 Government job96 (30.7)
 Private job217 (69.3)

Qualification
 General dentists174 (55.6)
 Specialists94 (30)
 Consultants45 (14.4)

Basic dental qualification
 Government college201 (64.2)
 Private college112 (35.8)

Average monthly income
 Less than 10,000 SAR88 (28.1)
 10,000–20,000 SAR110 (35.1)
 More than 20,000 SAR115 (36.7)

Medical illness
 Yes31 (9.9)
 No282 (90.1)