Mental Health of Dentists during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Literature Review

Q3 Dentistry

Journal of International Dental and Medical Research Pub Date : 2020-08-28 DOI:10.1590/scielopreprints.1148

I. Laureano, Lunna Farias, A. Cavalcanti

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Abstract

The effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the mental health of healthcare professionals has become a concern, particularly among those who are in close contact with infected patients, including dentists The aim of this critical literature review was to analyze the possible implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of dentists This bibliographic search was carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases, using the following search keywords "Psychiatry OR anxiety OR fear OR depression OR psychological distress OR mental health"AND "COVID-19 OR SARS-CoV-2"AND "Dentists OR dental practice Original research publications that included data on the mental health status of dentists during the COVID-19 pandemic were included Data were tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2016 for Windows and descriptively presented Eleven publications were eligible for this review All studies had cross-sectional design Most of them used questionnaires created by study researchers (81 8%) and were carried out in Italy (45 5%) The number of participants ranged from 14 to 1,500 Effects on the mental health of dentists during the COVID-19 pandemic were observed, regarding fear of contamination, anxiety, concerns, stress, depression, job insecurity, subjective overload, perceived risk and feelings and emotions It was concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic had negative impact on the mental health of dentists, with high prevalence of fear, anxiety and concern, among other psychological symptoms

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Journal of International Dental and Medical Research Dentistry-Dentistry (all)

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期刊介绍： Journal of International Dental and Medical Research, a journal of the Ectodermal Dysplasia Group-Turkey, is published 4 times per year to promote practice, education, and research specifically related to the specialty of dental and medical researchs. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration if neither the article, nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures has been or will be published in another journal or is simultaneously submitted to another journal. Published papers do not necessarily represent the views of the editor, the Ectodermal Dysplasia Group-Turkey. The Biomedical Research (BMR) title of JIDMR is a section for research papers from all major fields of neuroscience, biophysics, environmental sciences algology, biotechnology and pharmacology. The journal will be high quality, comprehensive, exceptionally fast and consistently peer reviewed. It will be a multi-disciplinary publication for rapid communication in Biomedical research, for the promotion of the international scientific collaboration, for presenting the achievements that emphasize clinical, fundamental and molecular aspects of biomedical studies in the all of world. Fast publication will be achieved by the use of modern communication techniques. The journal features full-length papers, rapid communications and mini-reviews on selected areas.