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Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care?
INTRODUCTION: The objective of this research is to describe how perceived infectability, germ aversion, and fear of COVID-19 in adults in Madrid have changed from the beginning of the pandemic until the lockdown exit phase and their influence on dental care behaviour. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Some 961...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33743992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.01.013 |
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author | González-Olmo, María José Delgado-Ramos, Bendición Ortega-Martínez, Ana Raquel Romero-Maroto, Martín Carrillo-Díaz, María |
author_facet | González-Olmo, María José Delgado-Ramos, Bendición Ortega-Martínez, Ana Raquel Romero-Maroto, Martín Carrillo-Díaz, María |
author_sort | González-Olmo, María José |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The objective of this research is to describe how perceived infectability, germ aversion, and fear of COVID-19 in adults in Madrid have changed from the beginning of the pandemic until the lockdown exit phase and their influence on dental care behaviour. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Some 961 participants were monitored in a study in Madrid at 2 time points: before lockdown (T0) and after completion of the total lockdown (T1). A questionnaire that included basic sociodemographic variables, the perceived vulnerability to disease scale (including perceived infectability and germ aversion), the fear of COVID-19 scale, and dental visiting behaviour after confinement for fear of COVID was administered. RESULTS: The participants had higher scores for infectability and germ aversion at T1 than at T0 (P < 0.01). Of those studied, 24.5% (235) of the participants would not go to the dentist for fear of COVID-19. Those who had a high perceived infectability scale score were at least 5 times more likely to not visit the dentist. Those with high COVID-19 fear were at least 6 times more likely to not visit the dentist, and those older than 60 years were 8 times more likely to not visit. CONCLUSIONS: The population's high levels of vulnerability to infectability and perceived germ aversion associated with fear of COVID-19 and the resultant avoidance behaviour to dental care will remain until an effective drug or vaccine for SARS-CoV2 is found. |
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spelling | pubmed-79701592021-03-18 Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? González-Olmo, María José Delgado-Ramos, Bendición Ortega-Martínez, Ana Raquel Romero-Maroto, Martín Carrillo-Díaz, María Int Dent J Scientific Research Report INTRODUCTION: The objective of this research is to describe how perceived infectability, germ aversion, and fear of COVID-19 in adults in Madrid have changed from the beginning of the pandemic until the lockdown exit phase and their influence on dental care behaviour. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Some 961 participants were monitored in a study in Madrid at 2 time points: before lockdown (T0) and after completion of the total lockdown (T1). A questionnaire that included basic sociodemographic variables, the perceived vulnerability to disease scale (including perceived infectability and germ aversion), the fear of COVID-19 scale, and dental visiting behaviour after confinement for fear of COVID was administered. RESULTS: The participants had higher scores for infectability and germ aversion at T1 than at T0 (P < 0.01). Of those studied, 24.5% (235) of the participants would not go to the dentist for fear of COVID-19. Those who had a high perceived infectability scale score were at least 5 times more likely to not visit the dentist. Those with high COVID-19 fear were at least 6 times more likely to not visit the dentist, and those older than 60 years were 8 times more likely to not visit. CONCLUSIONS: The population's high levels of vulnerability to infectability and perceived germ aversion associated with fear of COVID-19 and the resultant avoidance behaviour to dental care will remain until an effective drug or vaccine for SARS-CoV2 is found. Elsevier 2021-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7970159/ /pubmed/33743992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.01.013 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Scientific Research Report González-Olmo, María José Delgado-Ramos, Bendición Ortega-Martínez, Ana Raquel Romero-Maroto, Martín Carrillo-Díaz, María Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? |
title | Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? |
title_full | Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? |
title_fullStr | Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? |
title_full_unstemmed | Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? |
title_short | Fear of COVID-19 in Madrid. Will patients avoid dental care? |
title_sort | fear of covid-19 in madrid. will patients avoid dental care? |
topic | Scientific Research Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33743992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.01.013 |
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