Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures among Dental Care Workers in Vietnam: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey

Tran, Tai T.; Vo, Thang Van; Hoang, Tuyen Dinh; Hoang, Minh Vu; Tran, Nhu Thi Quynh; Colebunders, Robert

doi:10.3390/ijerph19010481

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“…Dental professional mainly relied on general IC protocol for medical facilities. Vaccination coverage in dental professionals was only 75.9% ( 39 ). In Indonesia, despite the recent surge of publications about COVID-19 and dental services, the regulators did not provide a clear guideline at the early stage.…”

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“…Among 24 Indonesian health professionals died from COVID-19, 25% were dentists ( 40 , 41 ). Both Vietnam and Indonesia reported a shortage of PPE as a major hindrance in realizing personnel safety during COVID-19 pandemic ( 39 , 42 ). In Cambodia and the Philippines, Ministry of Health and professional association played an important role in guideline dissemination and ensure the compliance of dental facilities, respectively ( 43 – 45 ).…”

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Paradigm shift in infection control practices in dental clinics in response to COVID-19 among dental professionals in Thailand

Amnuaiphanit

Thumbuntu²,

Gaewkhiew

et al. 2022

Front. Oral. Health

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Infection control (IC) practice routines depend mainly on knowledge, perception, and awareness of a disease among dental professionals. However, there has been no report on the perception, awareness, and adaptability to the new practice guidelines of Thai dental professionals (dentists, dental nurses, dental assistants, and dental technicians) to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to investigate how dental professionals in Thailand perceive and are aware of COVID-19, and how they have changed their IC practices in response to the pandemic. Online cross-sectional surveys using convenience sampling during September 2021 were sent to Thai dental professionals. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 22.0. The tests were two-tailed, with a significance level of p < 0.05 and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The 1,177 dental professionals who completed the questionnaire were from the public and private sectors. Most respondents obtained their knowledge about COVID-19 from social media (91.8%). 86.7% had adapted to the new IC practice guidelines. The respondents reported that they had modified their work practices in several aspects; changes in administrative control, 1,039 (88.3%); enhancing local source control of dental aerosols, 1,031 (87.6%); heightening sterilization and disinfection procedures, 1,032 (87.7%); and improving the ventilation system, 994 (84.5%). As of October 2021, 1,162 (98.7%) respondents were vaccinated, and 47 (3.99%) had tested positive for COVID-19 compared with 2.30% in the general population. Among infected individuals, 10 (21.3%) were suspected of being infected while working in the dental setting. In conclusion, with an average worry score well over 4.10 out of 5, more than 96% of Thai dental professionals reported seeking updated knowledge and agreed that escalation of IC measures was needed. However, only 86.7% improved their COVID-19 infection prevention practices in 4 aspects and appropriate PPE use. The infection rate in dental professionals was 3.99%, with the highest infection rate in dental assistants. Despite statistical insignificance of infection rate between changed and unchanged group, it cannot be concluded that stricter IC measures are negligible as ones might contract disease from setting other than work.

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confidence: 99%

Paradigm shift in infection control practices in dental clinics in response to COVID-19 among dental professionals in Thailand

Amnuaiphanit

Thumbuntu²,

Gaewkhiew

et al. 2022

Front. Oral. Health

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“…During the outbreak in India, 60.4% of oral clinics were closed for 2–3 months, 32.6% for 1 month, and 3.3% did not re-open after closure ( 28 ). Due to the closure of private oral clinics, 72.5% were worried about economic losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, and 37% of Vietnamese dental surgeons even though they were at a low quality of life level, which caused great stress and anxiety for dental practitioners working in private clinics ( 29 ). Our study found that dentists working in government hospitals account for more depression, anxiety, and stress (45.9, 44.2, and 44.3%).…”

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“…Perceived wellness survey (PWS) is a valid scale for researching and evaluating interventions in the field of perceived health, with good reliability and validity (14,15). The PWS contains 36 items which included six dimensions: physical (1,7,13,19,25,31), emotional (2,8,14,20,26,32), social (3,9,15,21,27,33), psychological (4,10,16,22,28,34), spiritual (5,11,17,23,29,35), and intellectual (6,12,18,24,30,36) which were selected based on the strength of theoretical support and the quality of empirical evidence supporting each. The PWS assesses the perceived health of individuals and their physical, mental, and spiritual states and the social health they exhibit through relationships with others.…”

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Influencing Factors of Mental Health Status of Dentists Under COVID-19 Epidemic

Guo

Zhao

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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ObjectiveTo investigate dentists’ psychological status and influencing factors in Shaanxi Province during the COVID-19 epidemic and assess their perceived wellness.MethodsThe study was conducted among dentists from Shaanxi Province in China. The basic information was collected through the network questionnaire star platform. Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS-42) and Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS) were used to assess subjects’ psychological status and perceived wellness. Univariate linear regression analysis and multivariate analysis were performed on the influencing factors of depression, anxiety, and stress, and t-test and analysis of variance were used to analyze the perceived wellness results.ResultsThe results demonstrated that 33.2% of the surveyed dentists were in a state of depression, 37.1% were anxious, and 34.4% reported stress among 256 subjects. Linear Regression analysis results showed that: “years of working,” “the impact of COVID-19 on their life, work, and sleep,” “worrying about occupational exposure/virus infection,” “lacking the awareness of prevention and control measures,” “overtime work during the epidemic,” “worrying about participating in the supporting work,” and “continuous exhaustion from work” were significant contributors to depression, anxiety, and stress status. In addition, the results of PWS found that each dimension of PWS was correlated with depression, anxiety, and stress state, which indicates the individual’s physical and mental health state was associated with multiple factors.ConclusionCOVID-19 has significantly impacted dentists’ mental health in Shaanxi Province. With these findings, we aim to educate and promote targeted interventions that can be utilized to improve dentists’ mental health by analyzing the influencing factors.

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“…A few studies have attempted to measure their adherence; however, the entire breadth of the regulatory guidelines was not accounted for when assessing compliance. In one study, the adherence of Vietnamese dental care workers (DCWs) to COVID-19-preventive measures was assessed from 1 August to 9 September 2021 using six questions that covered aspects, such as wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), use of masks during patient care, hand hygiene, cleaning and disinfection of surfaces during patient care, safe disposal of waste, and other procedures to prevent the transmission of saliva using a Likert scale that ranged from “never (0)” to “always (4)” [ 28 ]. In another study, the adherence of dental practitioners to the health regulations in Israel was assessed between 17 March 2020 and 30 April 2020 using an online questionnaire and found that only 68.93% of dentists were compliant to all the given recommendations [ 29 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing the Compliance of Dental Clinicians towards Regulatory Infection Control Guidelines Using a Newly Developed Survey Tool: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study in India

Kaurani

Batra

Hooja³

et al. 2022

Healthcare

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Adherence to the dental practice regulatory guidelines instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic is essential to minimize the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 strains. Given the lack of a valid and reliable survey tool to assess the adherence to dental practice guidelines, this study aims to develop, validate, and test a survey tool on a pilot sample of dental clinicians practicing in India. A survey tool was developed/validated through a sequential phasic approach: Phase I- developing survey using conceptual and literature framework; Phase II: ascertaining its validity and reliability; Phase III: pilot testing; and Phase IV: assessing construct validity by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on the responses collected in Spring 2021. The EFA was achieved using a traditional unweighted least squares extraction method through a varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization. A six-factor solution with 18 items (with the global reliability of 86%) related to screening, regular infection prevention measures, infection control inside the dental operatory, disinfection of the dental unit, disposal, and other COVID-19-specific preventive measures were extracted. Our sample had higher compliance with regard to providing alcohol-based hand scrubs, providing protective gear to attendees, collecting travel/medical history, and screening patients for COVID-19 symptoms. In contrast, less compliance was observed regarding the use of paperless forms of practice and rubber dams in the operatory. The use of a validated survey tool ensures the collection of reliable and valid data, which can serve as baseline data to measure the uptake and effectiveness of dental practice regulatory guidelines in a clinical setting and community dental health clinics.

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Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures among Dental Care Workers in Vietnam: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

Paradigm shift in infection control practices in dental clinics in response to COVID-19 among dental professionals in Thailand

Paradigm shift in infection control practices in dental clinics in response to COVID-19 among dental professionals in Thailand

Influencing Factors of Mental Health Status of Dentists Under COVID-19 Epidemic

Assessing the Compliance of Dental Clinicians towards Regulatory Infection Control Guidelines Using a Newly Developed Survey Tool: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study in India

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