Abstract
Dental health care workers (DHCWs) encounter myriad stressors in their day-to-day work, including financial pressures, tightly booked schedules, paperwork demands, practice management issues, reimbursement concerns, uncooperative patients, and physical demands inherent to oral health care delivery. 1 Basudan S. Binanzan N. Alhassan A. Depression, anxiety and stress in dental students. Int J Med Educ. 2017; 8: 179-186 Crossref PubMed Scopus (120) Google Scholar ,2 Rada R.E. Johnson-Leong C. Stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression among dentists. JADA. 2004; 135: 788-794 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (145) Google Scholar These pressures are often accompanied by personal characteristics, such as perfectionism and prioritization of others’ needs, leaving DHCWs vulnerable to distress, mental health disorders, and burnout. 3 Westerman G.H. Grandy T.G. Erskine C.G. Personality types of dentists. Am J Dent. 1991; 4: 298-302 PubMed Google Scholar This stress endemic, 4 Lee C.Y. Wu J.H. Du J.K. Work stress and occupational burnout among dental staff in a medical center. J Dent Sci. 2019; 14: 295-301 Crossref PubMed Scopus (18) Google Scholar ,5 Miron C. Colosi H.A. Work stress, health behaviours and coping strategies of dentists from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Int Dent J. 2018; 68: 152-161 Crossref PubMed Scopus (8) Google Scholar owing to prolonged exposure to internal and external stressors, can take a heavy physical and emotional toll on DHCWs. Dr. Geisinger is a professor and the director of Advanced Education in Periodontology, Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Dr. Dershewitz is a clinical assistant professor, Department of Professional Psychology and the associate director, Center Clinic, George Washington University, Washington, DC. US dental health care workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemicThe Journal of the American Dental AssociationVol. 153Issue 8PreviewThis study was designed to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and understand factors influencing mental health among dental health care workers (DHCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full-Text PDF
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