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

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dc.authoridmutluay, merve safa/0000-0002-2935-5126
dc.authoridEGIL, EDIBE/0000-0003-0889-0223
dc.contributor.authorMutluay, Merve
dc.contributor.authorEgil, Edibe
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:38:03Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:38:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
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. (C) 2021 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101592
dc.identifier.issn1413-8670
dc.identifier.issn1678-4391
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.pmid34153223
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85111982520
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101592
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/24593
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000701252500007
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Brazil
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectCOVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Infection control; Dentists; Practice patterns; Attitude to health
dc.titleEffect of work environment and specialty degree of dentists on cross-infection control in COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeArticle

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