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COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists
This work evaluates the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), among members of the Czech Dental Chamber. The assessment was based on an online questionnaire filled out by 2716 participants, representing...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312488 |
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author | Schmidt, Jan Perina, Vojtech Treglerova, Jana Pilbauerova, Nela Suchanek, Jakub Smucler, Roman |
author_facet | Schmidt, Jan Perina, Vojtech Treglerova, Jana Pilbauerova, Nela Suchanek, Jakub Smucler, Roman |
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description | This work evaluates the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), among members of the Czech Dental Chamber. The assessment was based on an online questionnaire filled out by 2716 participants, representing 24.3% of all chamber members. Overall, 25.4% of the participants admitted they were diagnosed with COVID-19 by 30 June 2021, with no statistical differences between the sexes. While in the age groups under 50 the reported prevalence was around 30%, with increasing age, it gradually decreased to 15.2% in the group over 70 years. The work environment was identified as a place of contagion by 38.4% of the respondents. The total COVID-19 PCR-verified positivity was 13.9%, revealing a statistically lower prevalence (p = 0.0180) compared with the Czech general population, in which the COVID-19 PCR-verified positivity was ~15.6% (fourth highest rank in the world). The total infection–hospitalization ratio (IHR) was 2.8%, and the median age group of hospitalized individuals was 60–70 years. For respondents older than 60 years, the IHR was 8.7%, and for those under 40 years, it was 0%. Of the respondents, 37.7% admitted that another team member was diagnosed with COVID-19, of which the most frequently mentioned profession was a nurse/dental assistant (81.2%). The results indicate that although the dentist profession is associated with a high occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, well-chosen antiepidemic measures adopted by dental professionals may outweigh it. |
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spelling | pubmed-86565222021-12-10 COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists Schmidt, Jan Perina, Vojtech Treglerova, Jana Pilbauerova, Nela Suchanek, Jakub Smucler, Roman Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This work evaluates the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), among members of the Czech Dental Chamber. The assessment was based on an online questionnaire filled out by 2716 participants, representing 24.3% of all chamber members. Overall, 25.4% of the participants admitted they were diagnosed with COVID-19 by 30 June 2021, with no statistical differences between the sexes. While in the age groups under 50 the reported prevalence was around 30%, with increasing age, it gradually decreased to 15.2% in the group over 70 years. The work environment was identified as a place of contagion by 38.4% of the respondents. The total COVID-19 PCR-verified positivity was 13.9%, revealing a statistically lower prevalence (p = 0.0180) compared with the Czech general population, in which the COVID-19 PCR-verified positivity was ~15.6% (fourth highest rank in the world). The total infection–hospitalization ratio (IHR) was 2.8%, and the median age group of hospitalized individuals was 60–70 years. For respondents older than 60 years, the IHR was 8.7%, and for those under 40 years, it was 0%. Of the respondents, 37.7% admitted that another team member was diagnosed with COVID-19, of which the most frequently mentioned profession was a nurse/dental assistant (81.2%). The results indicate that although the dentist profession is associated with a high occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, well-chosen antiepidemic measures adopted by dental professionals may outweigh it. MDPI 2021-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8656522/ /pubmed/34886214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312488 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Schmidt, Jan Perina, Vojtech Treglerova, Jana Pilbauerova, Nela Suchanek, Jakub Smucler, Roman COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists |
title | COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists |
title_full | COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists |
title_short | COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists |
title_sort | covid-19 prevalence among czech dentists |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312488 |
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