COVID-19 Related Health and Infection Control Practices Among Dentists

American Dental Association

Status: Completed

Conditions: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04423770

20-08

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 2,196 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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."

Trial design

2,196 participants in 1 patient group

U.S. dentists

Description:

Dentists in the United States

Treatment:

Other: No intervention