Comparison of COVID-19 epidemic among Czech dentists and the Czech general population

Comparison of COVID-19 epidemic among Czech dentists and the Czech general population

Dentists are one of the professional groups most at risk for COVID-19 infection. Enhanced protective measures in dentistry have been adopted worldwide; however, it is unclear to what extent they were sufficient. To assess whether the protective measures outweighed the high infection risk, we compare...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports 2023-08, Vol.13 (1), p.13104-13104, Article 13104
Hauptverfasser: Schmidt, Jan, Perina, Vojtech, Suchanek, Jakub, Treglerova, Jana, Pilbauerova, Nela, Sanca, Ondrej, Muzik, Jan, Smucler, Roman
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Sprache:eng
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COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 vaccines
Czech Republic - epidemiology
Databases, Factual
Dentistry
Dentists
Epidemics
Health risks
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Immunization
Infections
Medical personnel
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:Dentists are one of the professional groups most at risk for COVID-19 infection. Enhanced protective measures in dentistry have been adopted worldwide; however, it is unclear to what extent they were sufficient. To assess whether the protective measures outweighed the high infection risk, we compared COVID-19-related data between Czech dentists and the general Czech population. The data was obtained through a survey study attended by 15.8% of Czech Dental Chamber members. Data of the general population were acquired from the Czech Ministry of Health database. By the end of May 2022, COVID-19 full vaccination and 1st booster dose rates among study participants were 85.8% and 70.1%, respectively, which is significantly higher (p 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-40427-8