新冠疫情期间印度牙科专业人员对与个人防护装备相关的自我感知身体不适及健康行为的调查
A Survey of Self-perceived Physical Discomforts and Health Behaviors Related to Personal Protective Equipment of Indian Dental Professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic.
作者信息
Bansal Kalpana, Saji Seba, Mathur Vijay P, Rahul Morankar, Tewari Nitesh
机构信息
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
出版信息
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021 Nov-Dec;14(6):784-789. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2061.
AIM
In the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment has to be mandatorily worn by dental professionals all times in the dental clinical settings. The aim of this study was to assess the physical discomforts and related health issues faced by dental professionals while wearing personal protective equipment in dental clinical settings during the pandemic.
METHODS
This was an online cross-sectional survey conducted in November to December 2020 among dental professionals of various regions of country. A prevalidated questionnaire was sent through email/WhatsApp groups to 650 dental professionals. Informed consent was taken from all the participants. Information was collected about the demographics, type of dental set-up, average daily working hours, types of PPE worn, physical discomforts related to the various procedures in dentistry. Association was analyzed between demographics and the discomforts using Chi-square test.
RESULTS
A total of 309 dental professionals (163 females, 146 males) from all parts of the country responded to the online questionnaire. Maximum respondents were postgraduates or pursuing MDS (79%), majority (42.1%) were pediatric dentists followed by general dentists. Sweating, difficulty in vision, difficulty in breathing, and headache were the common discomforts reported by majority of the respondents. Headache and difficult breathing were more significantly associated with female dental professionals ( < 0.05). N95 wear was associated with breathing difficulty (56%) while use of faceshield led to the discomforts in visual acuity in 46% respondents.
CONCLUSION
The survey has depicted several challenges and various physical discomforts being experienced by the dental professionals during this pandemic. Although wearing PPE is associated with difficulties to dentists but it is extremely essential to wear PPEs for self-protection during the ongoing pandemic.
HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE
Bansal K, Saji S, Mathur VP, A Survey of Self-perceived Physical Discomforts and Health Behaviors Related to Personal Protective Equipment of Indian Dental Professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(6):784-789.
目的
在新冠疫情的当下，牙科专业人员在牙科临床环境中必须始终佩戴个人防护装备。本研究的目的是评估疫情期间牙科专业人员在牙科临床环境中佩戴个人防护装备时所面临的身体不适及相关健康问题。
方法
这是一项于2020年11月至12月在该国不同地区的牙科专业人员中进行的在线横断面调查。通过电子邮件/WhatsApp群组向650名牙科专业人员发送了一份经过预验证的问卷。所有参与者均获得了知情同意。收集了有关人口统计学、牙科机构类型、平均每日工作时长、所佩戴的个人防护装备类型、与牙科各种操作相关的身体不适等信息。使用卡方检验分析人口统计学与不适之间的关联。
结果
来自该国各地的309名牙科专业人员（163名女性，146名男性）回复了在线问卷。最大比例的受访者是研究生或正在攻读口腔医学硕士学位（79%），大多数（42.1%）是儿科牙医，其次是普通牙医。出汗、视力困难、呼吸困难和头痛是大多数受访者报告的常见不适。头痛和呼吸困难与女性牙科专业人员的关联更为显著（<0.05）。佩戴N95口罩与呼吸困难相关（56%），而使用面罩导致46%的受访者视力出现不适。
结论
该调查描绘了疫情期间牙科专业人员面临的若干挑战和各种身体不适。虽然佩戴个人防护装备给牙医带来了困难，但在当前疫情期间佩戴个人防护装备以进行自我保护是极其必要的。
如何引用本文
班萨尔K、萨吉S、马图尔VP，《新冠疫情期间印度牙科专业人员与个人防护装备相关的自我感知身体不适及健康行为调查》。《国际临床儿科牙科杂志》2021年；14（6）：784 - 789。
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