RESEARCH ARTICLE
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Dentists During COVID-19 Lockdown
Natheer H. Al-Rawi1, Asmaa T. Uthman2, Musab Saeed3, 4, *, Ali A. Abdulkareem5, Sura Al Bayati2, Ahmed Al Nuaimi6
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187421062202242
Publisher ID: e187421062202242
DOI: 10.2174/18742106-v16-e2202242
Article History:
Received Date: 16/11/2021Revision Received Date: 30/11/2021
Acceptance Date: 27/12/2021
Electronic publication date: 28/03/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
The objective of this study was to investigate the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among dentists during covid-19 lockdown and to investigate the relationship between stress and each mental health state.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey on 269 dentists was conducted using DASS-21 and PHQ-9 questionnaires. Bivariate and multivariate models were constructed and the odds ratio (OR) was calculated to assess the strength of the association between an independent categorical variable and the outcome.
Results and Discussion:
Being unsatisfied with the job was associated with a statistically significant increase in DASS-21 score by an average of 5.9 points after adjusting for the possible confounding effect of the other independent variables included in the model. For each extra 10 years of clinical experience, there is a statistically significant reduction in DASS-21 score by an average of 1.3 points compared after adjusting for the possible confounding effect of the other independent variables included in the model.
Conclusion:
Stress, depression, and anxiety were prevalent during the pandemic among dentists. These psychological domains were modulated by several factors including marital status, gender, years of clinical experience, and degree of job satisfaction.
