Table 3.

Predictors of career satisfaction issues before the pandemic (multiple linear regression modeling).

	Predictors Influencing Job Satisfaction before Pandemic
Predictors	“I was happy before the pandemic”
	Years in profession	−0.189	−281 −0.098	0.0001	Negative (inverse)
	“Before the pandemic, my remuneration was satisfactory for the work I was doing and the responsibilities I was taking on”
	Higher degree	0.168	0.083 0.253	0.0001	Positive (in tandem)
	“I have beliefs/values/principles that support me to continue my work despite the difficulties of the pandemic regardless the period of the pandemic we are experiencing”
	Age	0.060	0.007 0.114	0.027	Positive (in tandem)
	“ I am pleased because I feel able to evolve through my profession as a person and as a scientist regardless the period of the pandemic we are experiencing”
	Age	0.126	−0.052 0.126	0.0001	Positive (in tandem)
	Higher degree	0.114	0.034 0.194	0.005	Positive (in tandem)
	Years of practice	−0.109	0.193 −0.024	0.012	Negative (inverse)
	Income	−0.067	−0.129 −0.005	0.034	Negative (inverse)
	“I am the person I have always wanted to be regardless the period of the pandemic we are experiencing”
	Age	0.077	0.009 0.144	0.026	Positive (in tandem)
	Marital status	0.095	0.014 0.176	0.022	Increased in married
	“I believe that I can make a difference for the improvement of society through the dental profession regardless of the period of the pandemic that we are experiencing”
	Age	0.098	0.024 0.172	0.01	Positive (in tandem)