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Ghasemi A, Razeghinejad M H. Study and Comparison Quality of Life of Dentists of Urmia Before and After Covid-19 Pandemy. Int J Med Invest 2024; 13 (2) :77-83
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Department of Orthodontics, School of dentistry, Urmia University of Medical Sciences Urmia, Iran.
Abstract: (585 Views)
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the quality of life of dentists in Urmia before and after the Corona pandemic.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a translated questionnaire of quality of life of the World Health Organization (QoLHO) was distributed between general dentists in Urmia between July to August 2023. The participants’ respondence was calculated and compared with their demographic information (gender, graduation degree) and analyzed using SPSS 16.0 software
Results: 144 responders (79 males and 116 married, 108 general dentists with men age 34.14 ± 7.02) were participated. There was a significance correlation between dentists’ quality of life in the aspects of physical health (p = 0.009) and social communication (p = 0.050). There was no significance correlation between dentists’ quality of life according to their Age, Marital Status and specialty (p > 0.05). Also there was no significance difference between Dentists’ quality of life before and after covid-19 pandemics (p > 0.05)
Conclusion: The study findings suggested that covid-19 pandemics has no significance effect of Dentists’ quality of life, also there was no difference between general dentists and specialists quality of life.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a translated questionnaire of quality of life of the World Health Organization (QoLHO) was distributed between general dentists in Urmia between July to August 2023. The participants’ respondence was calculated and compared with their demographic information (gender, graduation degree) and analyzed using SPSS 16.0 software
Results: 144 responders (79 males and 116 married, 108 general dentists with men age 34.14 ± 7.02) were participated. There was a significance correlation between dentists’ quality of life in the aspects of physical health (p = 0.009) and social communication (p = 0.050). There was no significance correlation between dentists’ quality of life according to their Age, Marital Status and specialty (p > 0.05). Also there was no significance difference between Dentists’ quality of life before and after covid-19 pandemics (p > 0.05)
Conclusion: The study findings suggested that covid-19 pandemics has no significance effect of Dentists’ quality of life, also there was no difference between general dentists and specialists quality of life.
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