Effect of work environment and specialty degree of dentists on cross-infection control in COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.authoridhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2935-5126en_US
dc.authoridhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0889-0223en_US
dc.contributor.authorMutluay, Merve
dc.contributor.authorEgil, Edibe
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-05T11:36:03Z
dc.date.available2023-08-05T11:36:03Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.departmentDiş Hekimliği Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the work environment and expertise/specialty degree of dentists on their behavior, awareness, and attitudes regarding cross-infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: The study population consisted of Turkish dentists who work in private clinics, public clinics and university hospitals. The demographic information of the participants, their awareness of the COVID-19 acute respiratory disease, and clinical measures taken against cross-infection were evaluated with an online survey. Between the 10th and 20th of November 2020, 2,400 surveys were e-mailed to dentists. Results: A total 454 professionals answered the survey. According to the results, 29.3% of the participants performed only urgent care during the pandemic period, whereas 59.9% of them performed both urgent and routine treatments. Among the responding dentists, 90.6% stated that they were worried about aerosol-generating dental procedures, but there was no differences between genders (p = 0.119). Most participants, especially specialists (p = 0.160) , applied strict cross-infection control methods during the COVID19 pandemic (77.2%). These dentists used personal protective equipment (PPE) at rates that varied between 75.5% and 98.4%. Nonetheless, the rate of PPE use was different between genders and degrees of expertise: women used PPE more frequently than men (p = 0.025), and specialists used PPE more often than the other dentists (p = 0.04). Finally, there was a weak positive correlation between the level of PPE use and expertise (r = 0.121; p = 0.010). Conclusions: Despite the overall knowledge of the participants regarding COVID-19 symptoms, transmission routes, and the guidelines needed to prevent the virus from spreading, the dental specialists followed infection control methods more strictly. Even though the participants were concerned about dental practices that create microbial aerosols during the pandemic period, they continued their clinical routines using high PPE levels and taking extra clinical precautions to avoid cross-infection.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101592en_US
dc.identifier.endpage7en_US
dc.identifier.issn1413-8670
dc.identifier.issn1678-4391
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid34153223en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85111982520en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11363/5170
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/
dc.identifier.volume25en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000701252500007en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.institutionauthorEgil, Edibe
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherELSEVIER BRAZIL, R SETE SETEMBRO, 111-16, RIO DE JANEIRO RJ 20050-006, BRAZILen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2en_US
dc.subjectInfection controlen_US
dc.subjectDentistsen_US
dc.subjectPractice patternsen_US
dc.subjectAttitude to healthen_US
dc.titleEffect of work environment and specialty degree of dentists on cross-infection control in COVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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