The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak on the Polish Dental Community’s Standards of Care—A Six-Month Retrospective Survey-Based Study

Autor: Bartosz Dalewski, Paweł Kiczmer, Lukasz Palka, Ewa Sobolewska
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Dentists
infection transmission
lcsh:Medicine
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Professional Role
0302 clinical medicine
Retrospective survey
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
Epidemiology
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Retrospective Studies
media_common
Neck pain
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
delivery of health care
lcsh:R
Headache
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Outbreak
Standard of Care
dentist–patient
Retrospective cohort study
030206 dentistry
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
humanities
community dentistry
Dentistry
Family medicine
Female
epidemiology
dental care
Poland
medicine.symptom
business
Welfare
Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 3
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1281, p 1281 (2021)
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031281
Popis: Currently, SARS-CoV-2 is the primary pathogen worldwide, disrupting most of our everyday activities. The study aim was to evaluate its impact on the Polish dental community, standards of care, health, and welfare. Methods: A Google Forms survey was conducted among 303 dental practitioners. Results: Of respondents, 54.93% curbed the number of patients in the last six months, 34.21% declared no changes, and 10.86% reported an increase
whereas 70.7% of the respondents reported a treatment price increase within the same period (27.96% and 1.32% reported no changes and a decrease, respectively). Of the respondents, 15.5% did not close their businesses during the first wave of the pandemic. Most declared 1 or 2 month break, 30.7% and 34.7%, respectively. Some reported 3, 4, or 5 month breaks (15.84%, 1.32%, and 0.99%, respectively), and only two respondents (0.66%) did not admit patients at all. Headache episodes were more frequent among female dentists before the pandemic
after the pandemic, headache frequency increased among both sexes. Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) were more frequent among women (p = 0.017). Conclusions: Most Polish dentists followed SARS-CoV-2 recommendations and restricted their practices to admitting only patients with pain or incomplete treatment. Decreased sleep parameters, head, back, and neck pain, were observed. This situation may affect dental health conditions in Polish society over time.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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