The Anxiety and Psychological Resilience of Dentists During COVID-19: A Cross-sectional Study

Authors : Süleyman Emre MEŞELİ, Nourtzan KECHAGIA, Sanaz SADRY

Pages : 65-71

Doi:10.29228/erd.47

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Publication Date : 2023-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objectives: Healthcare workers are at risk of psychological disorders as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to determine the COVID-19-related anxiety level and psychological resilience of dentists who had provided healthcare interventions in Turkey during the pandemic. Methods: A total of 391 volunteers were enrolled to be literate in Turkish and to have worked at least 1 year before and during the pandemic. Data collection form was bodied in 3 parts. While the demographic questions such as age, gender, etc., was at first part, the other parts consisted of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CAS); and the Brief Resilience Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BRS);, respectively. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: The 57.5% of the participants were female. The CAS mean of the dentists working in public hospitals was higher than working in their own officesinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. The mean BRS of the participants with duration in profession between 10 and 15 years was the lowets among all subgroups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Comparison of mean CAS and BRS values of participants regarding with their speciality showed that surgeons, pedodontists and orthodontists had low CAS mean values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);, whereas BRS levels of these specialities significantly higher insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. There was a negative association between CAS levels and BRS levels insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-.145, p<0.01);. Conclusions: The results obtained within the limitations of the study can be interpreted as psychological resilience may be an important factor to prevent the development of anxiety in dentists who worked as forefronted in challenging conditions such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords : anksiyete, diş hekimleri, koronavirüs, meslek hastalıkları, psikolojik dayanıklılık