TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of Occupational Variables Affecting Dentists Using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
TT  - Evaluation of Occupational Variables Affecting Dentists Using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
AU  - Öztürk, Başar
AU  - Çelik, Yusuf
PY  - 2022
DA  - September
DO  - 10.5798/dicletip.1169690
JF  - Dicle Medical Journal
JO  - diclemedj
PB  - Dicle Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-2945
SP  - 400
EP  - 407
VL  - 49
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Objective: This study aimed to examine the occupational variables affecting dentists. The relationship between variables was discovered by the dendrogram, using hierarchical cluster analysis.Methods: The study was a cross-sectional survey that includes 124 dentists in İstanbul (mean age ± S; 34.21 ± 7.35 years; occupation year 11.05 ± 6.78 years; 73 married, 51 single; 61 men, 63 women). Some assessments (sleep, depression, anxiety, pain, functionality, physical activity, and quality of life) were applied to the participants. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Multivariate Statistical Methods was used to determine the clustering tendency of the variables and see how these clusters can converge.Results: Two main clusters were obtained by using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis. Main Cluster I contains two sub-clusters: Sub-Cluster I: Age, Occupation year, Stress, Neck disability index; Sub-Cluster II: Depression, Anxiety, Pittsburg, BMI, Oswestry disability index. Main Cluster II: Quality of life, Physical activity, Chronic disease, Smoking, Family situation, and Gender variables were obtained.Discussion and Conclusion: As a result of our research, it is seen that the relations between the variables in the clusters we obtained are related to the literature. In this sense, the visual results and clusters obtained with the dendrogram enabled the variables to be presented regularly and systematically. Hierarchical cluster analysis draws attention as a modern method in terms of evaluating the physical and psychosocial variables that occur in dentistry, an important profession for society.
KW  - Dentists
KW  - Occupational variables;
KW  - Cluster Analysis; Dendrogram
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.1169690
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2627050
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