en Occupational and Industrial Health Occupational and Industrial Health پژوهشي Original Article <div><span style="line-height:1;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">Background: </span></span></b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">Dentists are more susceptible to various negative health outcomes that can significantly impact their professional quality of life. This study aimed to assess the professional quality of life of dentists working in public and private healthcare settings.</span></span><br> <b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">Methods: </span></span></b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">A cross-sectional study was conducted on 68 dentists working in public and private healthcare facilities in Zanjan City in 2021. Data were collected using </span></span><span style="color:black">the Work-Related<span style="background:#fcfcfc"> Quality of Life (WRQoL-2) questionnaire. </span></span><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">SPSS version 16 was used to analyze data through descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, ANOVA, and a linear regression model at a 95% confidence interval.</span></span><b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black"></span></span></b><br> <b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">Results: </span></span></b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">The participants&#39; professional quality of life levels were as follows: 19 participants (27.9%) showed a low level, 14 participants (20.6%) had an average level, and 35 participants (51.5%) reported a high level. There was a significant relationship between income, type of organizational activity, and professional quality of life (<i>P ></i> 0.05).</span></span><br> <b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">Conclusion: </span></span></b><span style="background:#fcfcfc"><span style="color:black">More than half of the dentists had a high professional quality of life. </span></span><span style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">It is recommended that strategies be developed to further enhance the work-related quality of life for dentists, particularly those working in the public sector.</span></span></span></span></span></div> Professional role, Quality of life, Dentists, Organizations, Public sector, 217 222 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-647-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Robab Noormohammadi robab.noormohammadi@yahoo.com 100319475328460015724 100319475328460015724 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Dental School, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Tooba Ghoflgari dr.toobaghoflgari@gmail.com 100319475328460015725 100319475328460015725 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Dental School, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Mehran Faghfouri fgfmehran@gmail.com 100319475328460015726 100319475328460015726 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Dental School, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Azam Maleki malekia@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460015727 100319475328460015727 Yes Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health and Metabolic Diseases Research Institute, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.