Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Japan.
Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Anesth Prog. 2023 Dec 1;70(4):168-172. doi: 10.2344/930714.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental anesthesiologists has not been examined. This study aimed to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Japanese dental anesthesiologists' professional lives.
An online questionnaire related to the effects of COVID-19 on dental anesthesiologists' professional lives was emailed to 351 board-certified dental anesthesiology specialists from the Japanese Dental Society of Anesthesiology. The endpoints of this study were changes in income and job satisfaction as a dental anesthesiologist from 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 141 dental anesthesiologists participated in the survey. Most respondents reported no change in income relative to 2019 for 2020 or 2021. Significantly more dental anesthesiologists reported income decreases relative to 2019 for 2020 (39%) vs 2021 (21.3%; P = .001). Very few dental anesthesiologists reported income increases relative to 2019 for 2020 (2.1%) vs 2021 (15.6%; P < .001). Job satisfaction as a dental anesthesiologist remained unchanged for all 3 years.
Even though many Japanese dental anesthesiologist specialists lost income because of COVID-19, they maintained their job satisfaction.
尚未研究 COVID-19 大流行对牙科麻醉师的影响。本研究旨在确定 COVID-19 大流行如何影响日本牙科麻醉师的职业生涯。
向日本麻醉学会的 351 名已通过董事会认证的牙科麻醉学专家发送了一封与 COVID-19 对牙科麻醉师职业生涯影响相关的在线问卷。本研究的终点是 2019 年 COVID-19 大流行之前牙科麻醉师的收入和职业满意度的变化。
共有 141 名牙科麻醉师参加了调查。大多数受访者报告说,与 2019 年相比,2020 年或 2021 年收入没有变化。与 2019 年相比,报告收入减少的牙科麻醉师明显更多,2020 年为 39%,2021 年为 21.3%(P=0.001)。相对而言,2020 年和 2021 年报告收入增加的牙科麻醉师比例非常低,分别为 2.1%和 15.6%(P<0.001)。3 年来,作为牙科麻醉师的职业满意度保持不变。
尽管许多日本牙科麻醉师因 COVID-19 而收入减少,但他们仍保持职业满意度。