Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National Survey
Little is known about the extent to which dentists have implemented COVID-19 infection control guidelines and the factors influencing this process in daily practice. This national online survey assessed the implementation of enhanced infection control guidelines in daily practice, and explored denti...
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doaj-fc67074ebc5846e0804e6352266bb4c72021-08-26T13:48:52ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-08-01188381838110.3390/ijerph18168381Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National SurveyJoana Christina Carvalho0Dominique Declerck1Wolfgang Jacquet2Peter Bottenberg3Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UCLouvain, 1200 Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, Population Studies in Oral Health, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, BelgiumOral Health Research Cluster, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, VUB, 1090 Brussels, BelgiumOral Health Research Cluster, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, VUB, 1090 Brussels, BelgiumLittle is known about the extent to which dentists have implemented COVID-19 infection control guidelines and the factors influencing this process in daily practice. This national online survey assessed the implementation of enhanced infection control guidelines in daily practice, and explored dentist related factors influencing their application, more specifically dentist infection status and their perceived risk of cross-infection in the dental setting. The survey was validated, pretested and carried out in 2020. A total of 1436 dentists participated, of whom 9.1% presumably had COVID-19 infection experience. At least 75% of dentists complied with the core part of the recommended protective measures protocol. For each patient treated during the pandemic, an additional cost of 10–30 EUR (86.7%) and an extra time of 10–30 min (70.7%) was estimated. A stepwise binary logistic regression analysis revealed that dentists assumed to have experienced COVID-19 reported a higher self-perceived risk of virus acquisition (β = 2.090; <i>p</i> = 0.011), lower concern of getting infected (β = 0.576; <i>p</i> = 0.027), and lower confidence in being able to prevent disease transmission in the dental setting (β = 0.535; <i>p</i> = 0.022). Some parts of the protective measures were more difficult to apply than others; however, there was no indication of increased disease acquisition in the dental setting.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8381corona virusCOVID-19severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus type 2online surveydental careinfection control |
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Joana Christina Carvalho Dominique Declerck Wolfgang Jacquet Peter Bottenberg Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health corona virus COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus type 2 online survey dental care infection control |
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Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National Survey |
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Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National Survey |
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Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National Survey |
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Dentist Related Factors Associated with Implementation of COVID-19 Protective Measures: A National Survey |
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dentist related factors associated with implementation of covid-19 protective measures: a national survey |
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Little is known about the extent to which dentists have implemented COVID-19 infection control guidelines and the factors influencing this process in daily practice. This national online survey assessed the implementation of enhanced infection control guidelines in daily practice, and explored dentist related factors influencing their application, more specifically dentist infection status and their perceived risk of cross-infection in the dental setting. The survey was validated, pretested and carried out in 2020. A total of 1436 dentists participated, of whom 9.1% presumably had COVID-19 infection experience. At least 75% of dentists complied with the core part of the recommended protective measures protocol. For each patient treated during the pandemic, an additional cost of 10–30 EUR (86.7%) and an extra time of 10–30 min (70.7%) was estimated. A stepwise binary logistic regression analysis revealed that dentists assumed to have experienced COVID-19 reported a higher self-perceived risk of virus acquisition (β = 2.090; <i>p</i> = 0.011), lower concern of getting infected (β = 0.576; <i>p</i> = 0.027), and lower confidence in being able to prevent disease transmission in the dental setting (β = 0.535; <i>p</i> = 0.022). Some parts of the protective measures were more difficult to apply than others; however, there was no indication of increased disease acquisition in the dental setting. |
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