Mahdee Anas F, Gul Sarhang S, Abdulkareem Ali A, Qasim Syed Saad B
Department of Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Dec 21;7:595028. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.595028. eCollection 2020.
As health care workers on the front line during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, dental practitioners are amongst those at risk due to their close contact with potentially infected individuals. The aim of the current study was to assess the anxiety, awareness practice modification, and economic impact amongst Iraqi dentists whilst working during the outbreak. This study was performed using an online survey questionnaire with aid of Google forms from 2nd to 23rd July 2020. A total of 484 clinicians responded. The questionnaire was composed of open end, closed end, and Likert five-point scale questions to assess anxiety, awareness and financial impact of COVID-19 on dentists. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare two groups, whilst Kruskal-Wallis was performed by test for multigroup comparisons. The mean age of participants was 36.51 ± 9.164 years and the majority (75.2%) of these were graduate dentists only. More than 80% of participants reported anxiety of catching COVID-19. The recorded anxiety level was higher amongst younger dentists and females. Awareness and practice levels among these dentists of precautions and infection-control measures associated with COVID-19 (94%) was found to be high and to be statistically significantly affected by age, qualification and designation (except GP vs. Specialist). With respect to the economic impact, about 75% of practitioners, regardless of demographical variables, reported that their income had declined by about 50%. The investigation provides clear insights into the anxiety, practice modifications and economic impact on dentists working in Iraq. Although there is a high level of knowledge and awareness of required practice regarding the COVID-19 outbreak among Iraqi dentists, they also reported a high level of anxiety.
作为冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间的一线医护人员，牙科从业者由于与潜在感染个体密切接触而处于风险之中。本研究的目的是评估伊拉克牙医在疫情期间工作时的焦虑情绪、对防控措施的认知与实践调整以及经济影响。本研究于2020年7月2日至23日借助谷歌表单通过在线调查问卷的方式进行。共有484名临床医生做出回应。问卷由开放式、封闭式和李克特五点量表问题组成，以评估COVID-19对牙医的焦虑、认知和经济影响。采用曼-惠特尼检验比较两组，采用克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验进行多组比较。参与者的平均年龄为36.51±9.164岁，其中大多数（75.2%）仅为毕业牙医。超过80%的参与者报告担心感染COVID-19。年轻牙医和女性的焦虑水平更高。这些牙医对与COVID-19相关的预防措施和感染控制措施的认知和实践水平（94%）较高，且在统计学上受年龄、资质和职称显著影响（全科医生与专科医生除外）。在经济影响方面，约75%的从业者，无论人口统计学变量如何，表示他们的收入下降了约50%。该调查为伊拉克牙医的焦虑情绪、实践调整和经济影响提供了清晰的见解。尽管伊拉克牙医对COVID-19疫情所需实践有较高的知识和认知水平，但他们也报告了较高的焦虑情绪。
