Universidade de São Paulo - USP, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pediatric Clinics, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Departamento de Odontopediatria, Ortodontia e Saúde Pública, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
Braz Oral Res. 2022 Mar 14;36:e036. doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2022.vol36.0036. eCollection 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in academic teaching and dental education, but the impact on dental professors' mental health and quality of life remains poorly understood. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of social distancing and online teaching related to COVID-19 on the quality of life and anxiety of Brazilian dental professors. This was a cross-sectional study conducted from August 2020 to October 2020. Three instruments were used in an online version: a questionnaire about personal data, academic information and online teaching activities, the Generalized Anxiety Disorders 7 (GAD7) scale, and the Abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref) scale. All instruments were sent by e-mail, social media, and messaging apps to private and public universities and professors. Of the 318 responses, 187 (58.8%) were from female professors. Moreover, lack of good internet access and adequate place for online teaching, difficulties in producing teaching materials, and housework roles had a significant impact on the quality of life and anxiety scores (all p-values < 0.05). Also, Brazilian dental professors who declared that they would make greater efforts if the activities were face-to-face had significantly worse quality of life and anxiety scores, and female professors had significantly higher anxiety scores (all p-values < 0.05). These results provide evidence of a negative effect of social distancing and online teaching activities related to COVID-19 outbreak on the health-related quality of life and mental health of Brazilian dental professors.
新冠疫情导致学术教学和牙科教育发生变化，但人们对牙科教授心理健康和生活质量的影响仍知之甚少。因此，本研究旨在评估与新冠疫情相关的社交隔离和在线教学对巴西牙科教授生活质量和焦虑的影响。这是一项横断面研究，于 2020 年 8 月至 10 月进行。采用在线版本使用三种工具：个人资料、学术信息和在线教学活动问卷、广泛性焦虑障碍 7 项量表（GAD7）和世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL-bref）。所有工具均通过电子邮件、社交媒体和消息应用程序发送给私立和公立大学的教授。在 318 份回复中，有 187 份（58.8%）来自女性教授。此外，缺乏良好的互联网接入和适当的在线教学场所、制作教学材料的困难以及家务角色对生活质量和焦虑评分有显著影响（所有 p 值均<0.05）。此外，宣称如果面对面进行活动，他们将付出更多努力的巴西牙科教授生活质量和焦虑评分明显更差，女性教授的焦虑评分明显更高（所有 p 值均<0.05）。这些结果表明，与新冠疫情相关的社交隔离和在线教学活动对巴西牙科教授的健康相关生活质量和心理健康有负面影响。
