Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lockdown 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 METHODS: It 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. RESULTS: Majority 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 ( P = 0.00**) ( P < 0.001**) (**highly significant) poorer emotional well-being 0.085 (0.829–1.429) compared to females. Married dental professionals − 0.023 (0.011–1.221) had significantly better ( P = 0.05*) emotional well-being than others. CONCLUSION: Emotional 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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- DOI
- 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20
- Journal
- Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 10(1), 344
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
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- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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APA 7
Sharma, A. K., Chhabra, K. G., Bhandari, S. S., Poddar, G., Dany, S. S., Chhabra, C., & Goyal, A. (2021). Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 10(1), 344. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20
MLA 9
Sharma, Ashish Kumar, et al. "Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study." Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 10, no. 1, 2021, pp. 344. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20.
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Sharma, Ashish Kumar, Kumar Gaurav Chhabra, Sweta Surana Bhandari, Garima Poddar, Subha Soumya Dany, Chaya Chhabra, and Akanksha Goyal. 2021. "Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study." Journal of Education and Health Promotion 10 (1): 344. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20.
Harvard
Sharma, A. K., Chhabra, K. G., Bhandari, S. S., Poddar, G., Dany, S. S., Chhabra, C. and Goyal, A. (2021) 'Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study', Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 10(1), pp. 344. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20.
Vancouver
Sharma AK, Chhabra KG, Bhandari SS, Poddar G, Dany SS, Chhabra C, et al. Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 2021;10(1):344. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20
IEEE
A. K. Sharma, K. G. Chhabra, S. S. Bhandari, G. Poddar, S. S. Dany, C. Chhabra, and A. Goyal, "Emotional well-being of dentists and the effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study," Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 344, 2021, doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1337_20.