Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have had to work under stressful conditions due to the nature of their work. Personal protection equipment (PPE) has become mandatory for work in the dentistry field. This study aimed to examine dentists' practices and attitudes regarding the u...

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Autores principales:	Nibras H. Chasib, Muhanad L. Alshami, Sarhang S. Gul, Hayder R. Abdulbaqi, Ali A. Abdulkareem, Salah A. Al-Khdairy
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	personal protection equipment dentistry COVID-19 knowledge cost Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cdf4317a904f4eca84910163ec6011f72021-11-18T09:56:19ZDentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.770164https://doaj.org/article/cdf4317a904f4eca84910163ec6011f72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.770164/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have had to work under stressful conditions due to the nature of their work. Personal protection equipment (PPE) has become mandatory for work in the dentistry field. This study aimed to examine dentists' practices and attitudes regarding the use of PPE and the associated drawbacks and cost implications during the pandemic.Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was used and was divided into five sections dedicated to collect demographic variables and to examine the dentists' practices, attitudes toward PPE, drawbacks, and cost of using PPE. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare different sections of the questionnaire and linear regression was used to determine the predictors of the dentists' practices and attitudes toward PPE.Results: The mean of practices regarding use of PPE was 5.41 ± 1.71 (median 6), attitude toward using PPE scored 2.26 ± 0.90 (median 2), while the means of drawbacks and cost recorded equal scores of 5.22 ± 1.24 (median 5) and 1.68 ± 0.74 (median 2), respectively. The recently graduated dentists, those with postgraduate degrees and those working in the private sector demonstrated higher levels of practices on PPE than their counterparts. Regression analysis revealed that practices of PPE can be predicted on the basis of qualifications and work place, whereas attitude toward PPE is significantly influenced by qualification only.Conclusions: The study participants demonstrated satisfactory levels of practices and positive attitudes toward PPE. While complaints from using PPE and their cost were moderately affected.Nibras H. ChasibMuhanad L. AlshamiSarhang S. GulHayder R. AbdulbaqiAli A. AbdulkareemSalah A. Al-KhdairyFrontiers Media S.A.articlepersonal protection equipmentdentistryCOVID-19knowledgecostPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	personal protection equipment dentistry COVID-19 knowledge cost Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Nibras H. Chasib Muhanad L. Alshami Sarhang S. Gul Hayder R. Abdulbaqi Ali A. Abdulkareem Salah A. Al-Khdairy Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
description	Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have had to work under stressful conditions due to the nature of their work. Personal protection equipment (PPE) has become mandatory for work in the dentistry field. This study aimed to examine dentists' practices and attitudes regarding the use of PPE and the associated drawbacks and cost implications during the pandemic.Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was used and was divided into five sections dedicated to collect demographic variables and to examine the dentists' practices, attitudes toward PPE, drawbacks, and cost of using PPE. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare different sections of the questionnaire and linear regression was used to determine the predictors of the dentists' practices and attitudes toward PPE.Results: The mean of practices regarding use of PPE was 5.41 ± 1.71 (median 6), attitude toward using PPE scored 2.26 ± 0.90 (median 2), while the means of drawbacks and cost recorded equal scores of 5.22 ± 1.24 (median 5) and 1.68 ± 0.74 (median 2), respectively. The recently graduated dentists, those with postgraduate degrees and those working in the private sector demonstrated higher levels of practices on PPE than their counterparts. Regression analysis revealed that practices of PPE can be predicted on the basis of qualifications and work place, whereas attitude toward PPE is significantly influenced by qualification only.Conclusions: The study participants demonstrated satisfactory levels of practices and positive attitudes toward PPE. While complaints from using PPE and their cost were moderately affected.
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author	Nibras H. Chasib Muhanad L. Alshami Sarhang S. Gul Hayder R. Abdulbaqi Ali A. Abdulkareem Salah A. Al-Khdairy
author_facet	Nibras H. Chasib Muhanad L. Alshami Sarhang S. Gul Hayder R. Abdulbaqi Ali A. Abdulkareem Salah A. Al-Khdairy
author_sort	Nibras H. Chasib
title	Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short	Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full	Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr	Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort	dentists' practices and attitudes toward using personal protection equipment and associated drawbacks and cost implications during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/cdf4317a904f4eca84910163ec6011f7
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Dentists' Practices and Attitudes Toward Using Personal Protection Equipment and Associated Drawbacks and Cost Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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