Dental Workload Reduction during First Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Lockdown in Germany
A Cross-Sectional Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15498687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Gerhard Wolf (0000-0002-4044-1893, University of Bern, corresponding author), James Deschner (0000-0002-8808-8769, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), H Schrader (0000-0001-9975-1960), Peter Bührens (Free Association of German Dentists/Freier Verband Deutscher Zahnärzte (FVDZ), D-53117 Bonn, Germany), Gudrun Kaps-Richter (Free Association of German Dentists/Freier Verband Deutscher Zahnärzte (FVDZ), D-53117 Bonn, Germany), Maria Grazia Cagetti (0000-0002-2704-0585, University of Milan), Guglielmo Campus (0000-0002-8573-485X, University of Bern) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3164-3164 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18063164 |
| PMID | 33808537 |
| OpenAlex | W3138828791 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
An observational cross-sectional survey was planned to analyze the weekly workload reduction of German dentists during lockdown due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were predominantly members of the Free Association of German Dentists and filled in an online questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to a total of 9416 dentists, with a response rate of 27.98% ( n = 2635). Respondents were divided into seven macro areas by gross domestic product. Nearly two-thirds of dentists (65.16%) reported a reduction in their practice workload of more than 50% compared to the pre-pandemic period with statistically significant differences between German macro areas ( p < 0.01). Weekly workload was reduced during the lockdown in 93.00% of study participants, while 55.33% dental care centers with multiple employed dentists under the direction of a non-dentist general manager had only a 40% reduction in weekly workload compared to a solo practice or a practice of a dentist with an employed dentist (30.24% and 28.39%, respectively). Dentists in Germany drastically reduced their practice activity during the first wave of the COVID-19 lockdown, both in rural and urban areas. Short, medium, and long-term effects of the pandemic on dental practices, dental staff as well as patient care need to be further investigated
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Betacoronavirus · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pathology · Sars virus · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Workload · Computer Science · COVID-19 diagnosis using AI · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Medicine · Scientific and Engineering Research Topics · Internal Medicine · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |