Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, 040 11 Kosice, Slovakia.
Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, 040 11 Kosice, Slovakia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 20;18(10):5484. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105484.
Pandemic management increases the burden on healthcare workers to provide care and also affects their personal lives, with dentists being at particular risk. Therefore, we aim to describe the quality of life (QoL) and limitations experienced due to pandemic management-related measures (PanMan), as well as to assess the association of PanMan with QoL during the first lockdown after the coronavirus outbreak. We obtained data from 500 dentists (33.2% males, M/SD = 43.8) registered with the Slovak Chamber of Dentists using an online questionnaire. We categorized PanMan as the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the ability to implement anti-pandemic measures, information overload, pandemic-related limitations and QoL in terms of their impact on family life and activities, housekeeping, relationships with relatives, financial situation and mental well-being. PanMan mainly affected financial situation, mental well-being and housekeeping. Factors contributing most towards the worsening of QoL were information overload (odds ratio/95% confidence interval, OR/CI: 5.79/2.64-12.71) and several pandemic-related limitations. These consisted of (OR/CI): a lack of PPE (5.17/2.48-10.77), infection risks in the work environment (3.06/1.57-5.95), obligatory safety measures (3.02/1.47-6.21), lack of staff (2.85/1.30-6.25) and client concerns (3.56/1.70-7.49). Pandemic management has led to a considerable worsening of dentists' QoL.
大流行管理增加了医护人员提供护理的负担，也影响了他们的个人生活，牙医尤其处于危险之中。因此，我们旨在描述与大流行管理相关措施（PanMan）相关的生活质量（QoL）和限制，并评估在冠状病毒爆发后的第一次封锁期间 PanMan 与 QoL 的关联。我们使用在线问卷从斯洛伐克牙医协会登记的 500 名牙医（33.2%为男性，M/SD=43.8）中获取了数据。我们将 PanMan 分类为个人防护设备（PPE）的可用性和实施反大流行措施、信息过载、与大流行相关的限制以及对家庭生活和活动、家务、与亲戚的关系、财务状况和心理健康的影响。PanMan 主要影响财务状况、心理健康和家务。导致 QoL 恶化的主要因素是信息过载（优势比/95%置信区间，OR/CI：5.79/2.64-12.71）和几种与大流行相关的限制。这些包括（OR/CI）：缺乏 PPE（5.17/2.48-10.77）、工作环境中的感染风险（3.06/1.57-5.95）、强制性安全措施（3.02/1.47-6.21）、人员短缺（2.85/1.30-6.25）和客户担忧（3.56/1.70-7.49）。大流行管理导致牙医的 QoL 显著恶化。
