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Behavior change due to COVID-19 among dental academics-The theory of planned behavior: Stresses, worries, training, and pandemic severity.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:COVID-19 pandemic led to major life changes. We assessed the psychological impact of COVID-19 on dental academics globally and on changes in their behaviors. METHODS:We invited dental academics to complete a cross-sectional, online survey from March to May 2020. The survey was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The survey collected data on participants' stress levels (using the Impact of Event Scale), attitude (fears, and worries because of COVID-19 extracted by Principal Component Analysis (PCA), perceived control (resulting from training on public health emergencies), norms (country-level COVID-19 fatality rate), and personal and professional backgrounds. We used multilevel regression models to assess the association between the study outcome variables (frequent handwashing and avoidance of crowded places) and explanatory variables (stress, attitude, perceived control and norms). RESULTS:1862 academics from 28 countries participated in the survey (response rate = 11.3%). Of those, 53.4% were female, 32.9% were <46 years old and 9.9% had severe stress. PCA extracted three main factors: fear of infection, worries because of professional responsibilities, and worries because of restricted mobility. These factors had significant dose-dependent association with stress and were significantly associated with more frequent handwashing by dental academics (B = 0.56, 0.33, and 0.34) and avoiding crowded places (B = 0.55, 0.30, and 0.28). Low country fatality rates were significantly associated with more handwashing (B = -2.82) and avoiding crowded places (B = -6.61). Training on public health emergencies was not significantly associated with behavior change (B = -0.01 and -0.11). CONCLUSIONS:COVID-19 had a considerable psychological impact on dental academics. There was a direct, dose-dependent association between change in behaviors and worries but no association between these changes and training on public health emergencies. More change in behaviors was associated with lower country COVID-19 fatality rates. Fears and stresses were associated with greater adoption of preventive measures against the pandemic.

SUBMITTER: Ammar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523990 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Behavior change due to COVID-19 among dental academics-The theory of planned behavior: Stresses, worries, training, and pandemic severity.

Ammar Nour N   Aly Nourhan M NM   Folayan Morenike O MO   Khader Yousef Y   Virtanen Jorma I JI   Al-Batayneh Ola B OB   Mohebbi Simin Z SZ   Attia Sameh S   Howaldt Hans-Peter HP   Boettger Sebastian S   Maharani Diah A DA   Rahardjo Anton A   Khan Imran I   Madi Marwa M   Rashwan Maher M   Pavlic Verica V   Cicmil Smiljka S   Choi Youn-Hee YH   Joury Easter E   Castillo Jorge L JL   Noritake Kanako K   Shamala Anas A   Galluccio Gabriella G   Polimeni Antonella A   Phantumvanit Prathip P   Mancino Davide D   Kim Jin-Bom JB   Abdelsalam Maha M MM   Arheiam Arheiam A   Dama Mai A MA   Nyan Myat M   Hussein Iyad I   Alkeshan Mohammad M MM   Vukovic Ana P AP   Iandolo Alfredo A   Kemoli Arthur M AM   El Tantawi Maha M  

PloS one 20200929 9


<h4>Objective</h4>COVID-19 pandemic led to major life changes. We assessed the psychological impact of COVID-19 on dental academics globally and on changes in their behaviors.<h4>Methods</h4>We invited dental academics to complete a cross-sectional, online survey from March to May 2020. The survey was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The survey collected data on participants' stress levels (using the Impact of Event Scale), attitude (fears, and worries because of COVID-19 extracted  ...[more]

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