COVID-19 Related Health and Infection Control Practices Among Dentists

Completed

• Conditions: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04423770
• Lead Sponsor: American Dental Association

Brief Summary

As dentists begin reopening their practices during a global pandemic, the risk of COVID-19 infection that dentists face in providing dental care remains unknown. Estimating the occupational risk of COVID-19, and producing evidence on the types of infection control practices and dental practices that may affect COVID-19 risk, is therefore imperative. The goal of the proposed study is to understand U.S.-based dentists' health and dental-practice reactions to COVID-19. To estimate this, U.S-based dentists will be surveyed monthly. These findings could be used to describe the prevalence and incidence of COVID-19 among dentists, determine what infection control steps dentists take over time, and estimate whether infection control adherence in dental practice is related to COVID-19 incidence.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-08
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-08
• Study Completion: 2021-06-08
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2196

Inclusion Criteria

• Primary dental practice is in United States
• 18 years of age or older
• Dentist

Exclusion Criteria

•Answered "no" to ADA survey sent May 2020 that read "As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the effect of COVID-19 on the dental team, the ADA is interested in collecting data related to infection rates. Would you also be willing to participate in a separate, longitudinal study that would require you to report whether you or your staff have exhibited symptoms of COVID-19, and whether you have been tested or diagnosed? The study would be anonymous and under IRB protocols."

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
U.S. dentists	No intervention	Dentists in the United States

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
COVID-19 probable or confirmed case	18 months	COVID-19 case as confirmed by clinician and/or detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA or a specific antigen in a clinical specimen

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	12 months	Assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4). Two items scored 0 to 3 (total score of 0-6), with higher numbers indicating greater anxiety.
Depression	12 months	Assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4). Two items scored 0 to 3 (total score of 0-6), with higher numbers indicating greater depressive symptoms.
Dental practice infection control efforts	12 months	Self-reports of infection control efforts in the respondents' primary dental practices
Dentists' use of personal protective equipment	12 months	Self-reports of personal protective equipment use

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

American Dental Association; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States