COVID-19 Related Health and Infection Control Practices Among Dentists
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
As dentists begin reopening their practices during a global pandemic, the risk of COVID-19 infection that dentists face in providing dental care remains unknown. Estimating the occupational risk of COVID-19, and producing evidence on the types of infection control practices and dental practices that may affect COVID-19 risk, is therefore imperative. The goal of the proposed study is to understand U.S.-based dentists' health and dental-practice reactions to COVID-19. To estimate this, U.S-based dentists will be surveyed monthly. These findings could be used to describe the prevalence and incidence of COVID-19 among dentists, determine what infection control steps dentists take over time, and estimate whether infection control adherence in dental practice is related to COVID-19 incidence.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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U.S. dentists Dentists in the United States |
Other: No intervention
No intervention; this is a purely observational study
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- COVID-19 probable or confirmed case [18 months]
COVID-19 case as confirmed by clinician and/or detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA or a specific antigen in a clinical specimen
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Anxiety [12 months]
Assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4). Two items scored 0 to 3 (total score of 0-6), with higher numbers indicating greater anxiety.
- Depression [12 months]
Assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4). Two items scored 0 to 3 (total score of 0-6), with higher numbers indicating greater depressive symptoms.
- Dental practice infection control efforts [12 months]
Self-reports of infection control efforts in the respondents' primary dental practices
- Dentists' use of personal protective equipment [12 months]
Self-reports of personal protective equipment use
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Primary dental practice is in United States
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18 years of age or older
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Dentist
Exclusion Criteria:
•Answered "no" to ADA survey sent May 2020 that read "As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the effect of COVID-19 on the dental team, the ADA is interested in collecting data related to infection rates. Would you also be willing to participate in a separate, longitudinal study that would require you to report whether you or your staff have exhibited symptoms of COVID-19, and whether you have been tested or diagnosed? The study would be anonymous and under IRB protocols."
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | American Dental Association | Chicago | Illinois | United States | 60611 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- American Dental Association
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Cameron G Estrich, MPH, PhD, American Dental Association Science and Research Institute
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 20-08