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Hosoglu, Salih and Barzinji, Mo (2022). COVID-19 infection among dentists in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. J. Infect. Dev. Ctries., 16 (9). S. 1439 - 1447. TRAMANIGLIO: J INFECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ISSN 1972-2680

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Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 incidence was relatively high among dentists in Iraq, reflecting the high number of cases in the community. Therefore, possible epidemiological features of COVID-19 infection were investigated among dentists in Iraqi Kurdistan Region.Methodology: A cross-sectional study has been conducted among dentists using a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire included demographic and working characteristics, self-reported COVID-19 history, and prevention practices toward SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic. An online questionnaire was developed and spread with a snowball method among dentists.Results: We analyzed the responses of 83 participants (31 women and 52 men, mean age 33.8 +/- 6.8 years). They had a mean of 10.6 +/- 6.5 years of work experience and 20.2 +/- 12.6 hours of weekly working time. In total, 46 (55.4%) of the participants reported COVID-19 infection. Only 29 (34.9%) participants always followed the hygiene rules. The most common personal precautions were mask-wearing (98.8%) and hand hygiene as a part of institutional protective precaution (51.8%). Of the infected dentists, 24 (52.2%) did not know the source of infection. Of the remaining 16 (34.8%) were infected from family and/or friends circle, and five (10.9%) from patients. Eleven of them (23.9%) reported transmitting the infection to at least one person. In the multivariate analyses, working in Sulaymaniyah Province (p = 0.031) and working only in a public hospital (p = 0.029) were significant risk factors for COVID-19 infection.Conclusions: The high risk of COVID-19 infection among dentists in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region relates to their family and friends rather than their occupation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hosoglu, Salih UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Barzinji, Mo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-678464
DOI:	10.3855/jidc.15962
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Infect. Dev. Ctries.
Volume:	16
Number:	9
Page Range:	S. 1439 - 1447
Date:	2022
Publisher:	J INFECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Place of Publication:	TRAMANIGLIO
ISSN:	1972-2680
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PREVALENCE Multiple languages Infectious Diseases Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/67846