Delays, masks, the elderly, and schools: first COVID-19 wave in the Czech Republic

Berec, Luděk; Smyčka, Jan; Levı́nský, René; Hromádková, Eva; Šoltés, Michal; Šlerka, Josef; Tuček,; Trnka, Ján; Šmíd, Martin; Zajíček, Milan; Diviák, Tomáš; Neruda, Roman; Vidnerová, Petra

doi:10.1101/2020.11.06.20227330

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“…This disparity may be due to a different impact of the pandemic on Italy and the Czech Republic during these months. Italy was one of the most severely affected countries in the whole world; on the other hand, the Czech Republic was affected very mildly [28,29]. An additional study, performed by Miśta et al, focused on professional aspects of dentists in Poland during April 2020 [30].…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Czech Dentistry: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Preliminary Study among Dentists in the Czech Republic

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Waldova²,

Balkova

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This work evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Czech dentistry from March 2020 to March 2021. The assessment was based on questionnaires filled out by 3674 Czech dentists representing 42.6% of practicing dentists in the country. During March–May, 2020 (the first COVID-19 wave), 90.7% of dental practices remained open; however, only 22.8% of the practices continued to operate with no changes, 46.5% had fewer patients, 21.4% treated only acute cases, and 3.8% were closed. During September 2020–May 2021 (the second wave of COVID-19), 96.1% of dental practices remained open, 60.8% operated with no changes, 34.5% had fewer patients, 0.8% treated only acute cases, and 0.5% were closed. The reasons leading to the closure of Czech dental practices during the whole pandemic were a shortage of personal protective equipment (50.5%), a COVID-19 outbreak in the workplace (24.5%), fear of a possible self-infection (24.0%), and quarantine (20.5%). The time range of Czech dental practices closure during the whole pandemic was: 1–2 weeks (49.9%), 2–4 weeks (21.2%), and >1 month (0.8%). The greatest professional difficulties of Czech dentists during the pandemic were crisis operating management (55%), health safety and hygiene concerns (21%), shortage of personal protective equipment (21%), and difficulty working with the protective equipment (15%). In addition, 47.3% of dentists also observed a declining interest in preventive dental care, and 16.9% of them observed worse oral care of patients. These results show that despite the lack of protective equipment, dental care was maintained throughout the pandemic. Additionally, the pandemic negatively affected the patients’ approach to dental care, indicating a deterioration in oral health as a possible delayed outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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