Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction?
Objectives. The research aimed to investigate if emotional intelligence (EI) scores of dental undergraduates influenced their patients’ satisfaction with the treatment received. Methods. A 33-item EI questionnaire was completed by 46 dental undergraduates in a cross-sectional study. Responses, measu...
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| author | Mandakini Mohan Kah Heng Lin Abhishek Parolia Allan Pau |
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| description | Objectives. The research aimed to investigate if emotional intelligence (EI) scores of dental undergraduates influenced their patients’ satisfaction with the treatment received. Methods. A 33-item EI questionnaire was completed by 46 dental undergraduates in a cross-sectional study. Responses, measured on a five-point Likert scale, were summed to yield EI scores. Patients treated by the same undergraduates were invited to complete a patient satisfaction (PS) questionnaire. EI and PS scores were calculated and compared by undergraduates’ gender and the patients’ age and education status. The four EI factors (optimism/mood regulation, appraisal of emotions, utilization of emotions, and social skills of students) were correlated with PS using Spearman’s correlation test with a significance level set at p<0.05. Results. EI scores did not differ significantly between male (N = 23) and female (N = 23) undergraduates p=0.218. PS was not associated with patients’ gender, but those educated to the secondary school level were more likely to be satisfied compared to those educated to the college/university level p=0.022. Of the four EI factors, optimism/mood regulation was positively correlated with PS p=0.049. Conclusion. The results of the study suggest that the EI of the students can influence PS. Practical Implications. Interventions to enhance EI can be developed to improve the patient experience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-014175c6d7bf472894f2e76a6536c75f2025-02-03T07:24:23ZengWileyInternational Journal of Dentistry1687-87281687-87362021-01-01202110.1155/2021/45734594573459Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction?Mandakini Mohan0Kah Heng Lin1Abhishek Parolia2Allan Pau3School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur 57000, MalaysiaPrivate Practitioner, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSchool of Dentistry, International Medical University, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur 57000, MalaysiaSchool of Dentistry, International Medical University, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur 57000, MalaysiaObjectives. The research aimed to investigate if emotional intelligence (EI) scores of dental undergraduates influenced their patients’ satisfaction with the treatment received. Methods. A 33-item EI questionnaire was completed by 46 dental undergraduates in a cross-sectional study. Responses, measured on a five-point Likert scale, were summed to yield EI scores. Patients treated by the same undergraduates were invited to complete a patient satisfaction (PS) questionnaire. EI and PS scores were calculated and compared by undergraduates’ gender and the patients’ age and education status. The four EI factors (optimism/mood regulation, appraisal of emotions, utilization of emotions, and social skills of students) were correlated with PS using Spearman’s correlation test with a significance level set at p<0.05. Results. EI scores did not differ significantly between male (N = 23) and female (N = 23) undergraduates p=0.218. PS was not associated with patients’ gender, but those educated to the secondary school level were more likely to be satisfied compared to those educated to the college/university level p=0.022. Of the four EI factors, optimism/mood regulation was positively correlated with PS p=0.049. Conclusion. The results of the study suggest that the EI of the students can influence PS. Practical Implications. Interventions to enhance EI can be developed to improve the patient experience.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4573459 |
| spellingShingle | Mandakini Mohan Kah Heng Lin Abhishek Parolia Allan Pau Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction? International Journal of Dentistry |
| title | Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction? |
| title_full | Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction? |
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| title_short | Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction? |
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