General Labor Well-Being in Latin American Dentists during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Teresa Evaristo-Chiyong, Manuel Antonio Mattos-Vela, Andrés A. Agudelo-Suárez, Ana del Carmen Armas-Vega, Juan Carlos Cuevas-González, Clarisse Virginia Díaz-Reissner, Ana Cristina López Torres, Cecilia María Martínez-Delgado, Manuel Amed Paz-Betanco, María Antonieta Pérez-Flores, Sylvia Piovesan-Suárez, Adriana Pistochini and Yajaira Romero-Uzcátegui
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Teresa Evaristo-Chiyong: Grupo de Investigación SAETA, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15081, Peru
Manuel Antonio Mattos-Vela: Grupo de Investigación SAETA, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima 15081, Peru
Andrés A. Agudelo-Suárez: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin 050010, Colombia
Ana del Carmen Armas-Vega: Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito 170902, Ecuador
Juan Carlos Cuevas-González: Departamento de Estomatología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 32320, Mexico
Clarisse Virginia Díaz-Reissner: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción 001217, Paraguay
Ana Cristina López Torres: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501, Costa Rica
Cecilia María Martínez-Delgado: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad CES, Medellin 050021, Colombia
Manuel Amed Paz-Betanco: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León 21000, Nicaragua
María Antonieta Pérez-Flores: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
Sylvia Piovesan-Suárez: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
Adriana Pistochini: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires C1405BCK, Argentina
Yajaira Romero-Uzcátegui: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: This study aimed to determine the general labor well-being of Latin American dentists according to sociodemographic characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a final sample of 2214 participants from 11 countries. A validated online questionnaire on general work well-being was used (data collection period from 1 June to 10 July 2021), containing two dimensions: psychosocial well-being and collateral effects. The sociodemographic characteristics of the dentists and their perception of the economic impact of the pandemic were also recorded. A multivariate linear regression analysis was performed (hierarchical regression model) to evaluate the joint effect of the explanatory variables on labor well-being and the changes in the variance between each model. A score of psychosocial well-being of 233.6 + 40.2 and collateral effects of 45 + 20.1 was found. Psychosocial well-being was associated with sex, country of origin, academic training achieved, type of dental activity, and perceived impact during the pandemic ( p < 0.05). Somatization was frequently manifested through back pain (88.2%) and muscular tensions (87.2%). Women, those who worked 41 or more hours and had between 1 to 15 years of professional experience presented a greater collateral effect ( p < 0.001). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic a year and a half after it began on the labor well-being of Latin American dentists was evidenced with important interactions with social characteristics.

Keywords: working conditions; COVID-19; dentists; health surveys; stress; psychological; post-traumatic stress disorder (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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