Impact of covid-19 on mood of dental professionals worldwide

Müberra Kulu(1), Filiz Özsoy(2), Esra Bihter Gürler(3),
(1) Tokat Psychiatry Hospital, Tokat  Turkey
(2) Tokat Governmental Hospital, Psychiatry Clinics, Tokat  Indonesia
(3) Atlas University, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Istanbul  Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2021 esra bihter gurler, Müberra KULU, filiz özsoy

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/02021103111776-0-00

Full Text:    Language : en

Abstract


Oral health professionals perceive that dentistry is more stressful than other health professions. Supporting the mental health of dentists is a critical part of Covid-19 pandemic. The present study designed to investigate future anxiety and stress of dentists worldwide due to Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 1022 participants completed a self-administered online questionnaire. The relationships between variables are evaluated by Student’s unpaired t-tests and Mann-Whitney U test. Relationships with p<0.05 or less were considered statistically significant. The result of research is The mean ±SD  perceived stress scale was 34.17±5.32 females were insignificantly higher than males, whose mean was 33.13± 5.75. Similar to the perceived stress, the mean ±SD future anxiety was 111.3±32.97 in females and 98.99±33.35 in males. Future anxiety is not personal, it is societal and there is no significant difference between males and females in any subject.


Keywords


Covid-19, Anxiety, Dentists

References


Ahmad, N. A., Chong, Z. L., Abd Rahman, S., Ghazali, M. H., Nadzari, E. E., Zakiman, Z., . . . Wan Mohamed Noor, W. N. (2020). First local transmission cluster of COVID-19 in Malaysia: public health response. International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 8(3), 124-130.

Ather, A., Patel, B., Ruparel, N. B., Diogenes, A., & Hargreaves, K. M. (2020). Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19): implications for clinical dental care. Journal of endodontics, 46(5), 584-595.

Bescos, R., Casas-Agustench, P., Belfield, L., Brookes, Z., & Gabaldón, T. (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): emerging and future challenges for dental and oral medicine. Journal of dental research, 99(9), 1113-1113.

Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of health and social behavior, 385-396.

Esman, A., H. (1972). Future Shock: By Alvin Toffler. New York: Random House, 1970. 505 pp. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 41, 143-145.

Firth-Cozens, J. (1999). The psychological problems of doctors. Stress in health professionals: psychological and organizational causes and interventions. London: Wiley, 12-26.

Fung, T. S., & Liu, D. X. (2019). Human coronavirus: host-pathogen interaction. Annu Rev Microbiol, 73(1), 529-557.

Gamio, L. (2020). The workers who face the greatest coronavirus risk. New York Times, 15, 15.

Hammad, M. A. (2016). Future anxiety and its relationship to students' attitude toward academic specialization. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(15), 54-65.

Iyengar, K. P., Ish, P., Upadhyaya, G. K., Malhotra, N., Vaishya, R., & Jain, V. K. (2020). COVID-19 and mortality in doctors. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 14(6), 1743-1746.

Jenkins, C. D. (1979). Psychosocial modifiers of response to stress. Journal of Human Stress, 5(4), 3-15.

Lang-Runtz, H. (1984). Stress in dentistry: it can kill you. Journal (Canadian Dental Association), 50(7), 539-541.

Meng, L., Hua, F., & Bian, Z. (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): emerging and future challenges for dental and oral medicine. Journal of dental research, 99(5), 481-487.

Molin, R. (1990). Future anxiety: Clinical issues of children in the latter phases of foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 7(6), 501-512.

Möller, A., & Spangenberg, J. (1996). Stress and coping amongst South African dentists in private practice. The Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa= Die Tydskrif van die Tandheelkundige Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, 51(6), 347-357.

Organization, W. H. (2020). WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19. 2020 Mar 11. World Health Organization. https://www. who. int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-atthe-media-briefing-on-Covid-19---11-march-2020.

Rønneberg, A., Strøm, K., Skaare, A. B., Willumsen, T., & Espelid, I. (2015). Dentists’ self-perceived stress and difficulties when performing restorative treatment in children. European archives of paediatric dentistry, 16(4), 341-347.

Sullivan, G., & Artino, A. (2013). Analyzing and interpreting data from likert-type scales. J Grad Med Educ 5: 541–542.

Tyssen, R., & Vaglum, P. (2002). Mental health problems among young doctors: an updated review of prospective studies. Harvard review of psychiatry, 10(3), 154-165.

Zaleski, Z. (1996). Future anxiety: Concept, measurement, and preliminary research. Personality and individual differences, 21(2), 165-174.


Article Metrics

 Abstract Views : 398 times
 PDF Downloaded : 38 times

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2021 esra bihter gurler, Müberra KULU, filiz özsoy

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.