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ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2021

Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study.

Ashish Sharma, Kumar Gaurav Chhabra, Sweta Surana Bhandari, Garima Poddar, Subha Soumya Dany, Chaya Chhabra, Akanksha Goyal

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Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ashish SharmaDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, R. R. Dental College, Umarda, Rajasthan, India.
Kumar Gaurav ChhabraDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Sweta Surana BhandariSchool of Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Garima PoddarShanti Memorial Hospital Pvt Ltd, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Subha Soumya DanyDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Hi-Tech Dental College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Chaya ChhabraDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, MM College of Dental Sciences and Research, Ambala, Haryana, India.
Akanksha GoyalDevashish Multispeciality Dental Care and Research Center, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research · INHi-Tech Medical College & Hospital · INSri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences & Hospital · INUniversity of Birmingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLockdown in India might have adverse effects on the emotional health of the dental professionals; hence, the aim of the present study was to determine the impact of various factors on emotional well-being of dental professionals due to the effect of lockdown during COVID-19. MATERIALS AND

methodsIt was a cross-sectional, descriptive, questionnaire study conducted on dentists in India during April 2020. Sampling technique was convenient sampling, and sampling frame was all the dental professionals in India. The questionnaire was prepared online using Google Forms, and the link was generated which was shared among as many dentists accessible as possible, with the help of message, mails, and WhatsApp. The questionnaire consists of questions on Demographic details, practice, and emotional well-being. A total of 1844 dental professionals in 14 states in India responded. The statistical analysis was done using SPSS version no. 20. IBM SPSS version 20.0 (IBM; Armonk, New York USA) Descriptive statistics and multinomial regression test was applied.

resultsMajority of study participants (1096 [59.4%]) belonged to age group of 26-35 years. Emotional well-being score of 1206 (65.4%) dental professionals in the times of COVID-19 outbreak was poor with score between 26 and 78. It was assessed that males have significantly (

conclusionEmotional well-being score of majority of dental professionals in the times of COVID-19 outbreak was poor. Gender, marital status, socioeconomic status, years of experience, practicing in clinic, and average number of patients seen per month before lockdown have significant impact on emotional wellbeing of dental professionals.

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COVID-19dental professionalsdentistryemotionalwell-beinglockdownpandemicquality of life

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