The COVID-19 pandemic and its global effects on dental practice. An International survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A multicentre survey was designed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on dental practice worldwide, estimate the COVID-19 related symptoms/signs, work attitudes and behaviour and the routine use of protective measures and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Methods

A global survey using a standardized questionnaire with research groups from 36 countries was designed. The questionnaire was developed and pretested during April 2020 and contained three domains: 1) Personal data; 2) COVID-19 positive rate and symptoms/signs presumably related to the coronavirus; 3) Working conditions and PPE adopted after the outbreak. Countries' data were grouped by the Country Positive Rate (CPR) during the survey period and by Gross-National-Income per capita. An ordinal m

SUBMITTER: COVIDental Collaboration Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285212 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature