US dental health care workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…A recent study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic and epidemiological measures to prevent the spread of infection significantly impact public mental health and quality of life [ 37 ]. Evidence from previous large-scale health outbreaks suggests that pandemics have a tremendous impact on young people, which current pandemic research confirms [ 14 , 38 , 39 ]. Many mental health problems have worsened in the student population during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 11 , 17 , 31 ].…”

“…Early findings in China have suggested that more than 28.8% of the general population experienced moderate to severe levels of anxiety-related symptoms in response to COVID-19 [ 39 ]. In Serbia, the prevalence of anxiety in the general population during lockdown was 36.9% [ 14 ]. Some studies reported that the anxiety prevalence among students is higher than in the general population, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 12 , 13 , 32 ].…”

“…The findings present that young people were more often diagnosed with depression during the COVID-19 crisis [ 51 , 53 , 54 ]. The recent study found that 28.9% of the Serbian population had moderate to severe depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the highest prevalence among university students [ 14 ]. Our results show that 31.4% of students had depression symptoms.…”

“…Regardless of good physical health, mental health disorder symptoms were widespread in the student population, exposing students as a particularly vulnerable group in terms of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 7 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. Reports show that medical students, and particularly dental students, even before the pandemic, present a higher level of stress during education, which considerably impacts their quality of life (QoL) [ 7 , 16 , 17 ].…”

Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dentists in Latin America’s Epicenter: São Paulo, Brazil

“…In addition, when anxiety and fear regarding COVID-19 were evaluated among dentists from 30 different countries (Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, the United Arab Emirates, China, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, the United States of America, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, Germany, Kuwait, Canada, Hungary, France, Poland, Bulgaria, the Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Romania, Egypt, Switzerland, Demark, and Bahrain), it was observed that more than 72% of professionals felt an increase in the fear of close contact with patients in clinical practice, which led to increased stress and 66% of dentists reporting a desire to leave the profession [ 13 ]. Moreover, additional studies have reported an increase in the number of professionals reporting feeling fearful and seeking counseling [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”