Study Protocol for an Online Questionnaire Survey on Symptoms/Signs, Protective Measures, Level of Awareness and Perception Regarding COVID-19 Outbreak among Dentists. A Global Survey

Guglielmo Campus, Marcela Diaz-Betancourt, Maria Grazia Cagetti, Joana C. Carvalho, Thiago S. Carvalho, Javier F. Cortés-Martinicorena, James Deschner, Gail V. A. Douglas, Rodrigo A. Giacaman, Vita Machiulskiene, David J. Manton, Daniela P. Raggio, Francisco Ramos-Gomez, Ruxandra Sava-Rosianu, Natalia S. Morozova, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Ana Vukovic, Thomas G. Wolf and on behalf of the COVIDental Collaboration Group
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Guglielmo Campus: Department of Restorative, Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Marcela Diaz-Betancourt: Department of Restorative, Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Maria Grazia Cagetti: Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Science, University of Milan, Via Beldiletto 1, 20142 Milan, Italy
Joana C. Carvalho: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UCLouvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
Thiago S. Carvalho: Department of Restorative, Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Javier F. Cortés-Martinicorena: Private Practice, 31001 Pamplona, Spain
James Deschner: Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55116 Mainz, Germany
Gail V. A. Douglas: Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Rodrigo A. Giacaman: Cariology and Gerodontology Units, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, 3460000 Talca, Chile
Vita Machiulskiene: Clinic of Dental and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44131 Kaunas, Lithuania
David J. Manton: Paediatric Dentistry, Centrum voor Tandheelkunde en Mondzorgkunde, UMCG, University of Groningen, 9700-9747 Groningen, The Netherlands
Daniela P. Raggio: Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, 05508-060 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Francisco Ramos-Gomez: UCLA Center for Children’s Oral Health (UCCOH) UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668, USA
Ruxandra Sava-Rosianu: Department of Preventive, Community Dentistry and Oral Health, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, 300363 Timisoara, Romania
Natalia S. Morozova: Institute of Dentistry, Sechenov University, 3200900 Moscow, Russia
Gianrico Spagnuolo: Institute of Dentistry, Sechenov University, 3200900 Moscow, Russia
Ana Vukovic: Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Thomas G. Wolf: Department of Restorative, Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
on behalf of the COVIDental Collaboration Group: Membership of the COVIDental Collaboration Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-8

Abstract: The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have developed preparedness and prevention checklists for healthcare professionals regarding the containment of COVID-19. The aim of the present protocol is to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak among dentists in different countries where various prevalence of the epidemic has been reported. Several research groups around the world were contacted by the central management team. The online anonymous survey will be conducted on a convenience sample of dentists working both in national health systems and in private or public clinics. In each country/area, a high (~5–20%) proportion of dentists working there will be invited to participate. The questionnaire, developed and standardized previously in Italy, has four domains: (1) personal data; (2) symptoms/signs relative to COVID-19; (3) working conditions and PPE (personal protective equipment) adopted after the infection’s outbreak; (4) knowledge and self-perceived risk of infection. The methodology of this international survey will include translation, pilot testing, and semantic adjustment of the questionnaire. The data will be entered on an Excel spreadsheet and quality checked. Completely anonymous data analyses will be performed by the central management team. This survey will give an insight into the dental profession during COVID-19 pandemic globally.

Keywords: COVID-19; infection; dentist; protective measures; awareness; infection control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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