Subjective Overload and Psychological Distress among Dentists during COVID-19
Subjective Overload and Psychological Distress among Dentists during COVID-19
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph17145074
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
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Shacham, Maayan
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作者：
Mijiritsky, Eitan;Hamama-Raz, Yaira;Shacham, Maayan
COVID-19大流行期间的心理困扰不仅限于SARS-CoV-2感染。它也可能与社会，文化和环境因素有关，这些因素可能会成为额外的压力源。本研究的目的是探讨不同国家的牙医心理困扰与主观超负荷之间的关联，以及它是否与COVID-19相关因素有关。对来自中国、印度、以色列、意大利和英国的1302名牙医进行了横断面调查，他们填写了人口统计学数据、COVID-19相关因素问题、主观超载和心理困扰量表。我们的研究结果表明，主观超载与心理困扰之间的正相关在不同国家之间是不同的，这表明与中国、印度和以色列相比，意大利的强度比率更高（英国与中国和以色列接近显著性）。主观超负荷x心理困扰的交互变量与特定国家显著相关，这些人报告害怕从患者那里感染COVID-19，害怕家人感染COVID-19，并获得足够的COVID-19专业知识。鉴于上述情况，牙医被发现有主观超载和心理困扰的水平升高，这在各国之间是不同的，可能是由于某些背景问题，如社会，文化和环境因素。
Psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic is not solely limited to SARS-CoV-2 infection. It may also be related to social, cultural, and environmental factors, which may act as additional stressors. The aim of the current study was to explore the association between psychological distress and subjective overload among dentists in different countries, and whether it is associated with COVID-19-related factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1302 dentists from China, India, Israel, Italy, and the UK, who filled out demographics data, COVID-19-related factor questions, subjective overload, and psychological distress scales. Our findings showed that the positive association between subjective overload and psychological distress was different among countries, suggesting higher rate of intensity in Italy compared to China, India, and Israel (the UK was near significance with China and Israel). The interaction variable of the subjective overload x psychological distress was significantly associated with a particular country, with those individuals reporting fear of contracting COVID-19 from patients, fear of their families contracting COVID-19, and receiving enough professional knowledge regarding COVID-19. Given the above, dentists were found to have elevated levels of subjective overload and psychological distress, which differed among the countries, presumably due to certain background issues such as social, cultural, and environmental factors.