Clinical trial NCT04423770: COVID-19 Related Health and Infection Control Practices Among Dentists
Official title: COVID-19 Related Health and Infection Control Practices Among Dentists
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
survey
dentistry
infection control
Lead sponsor: American Dental Association
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-06-09
Enrollment: 2196
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Dentists in the United States

Brief summary: 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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."

Primary outcomes:
measure: COVID-19 probable or confirmed case
timeFrame: 18 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Anxiety
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Depression
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Dental practice infection control efforts
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Dentists' use of personal protective equipment
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: American Dental Association
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: American Dental Association Science and Research Institute
name: Cameron G Estrich, MPH, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Eldridge LA, Estrich CG, Gurenlian JR, Battrell A, Lynch A, Vujicic M, Morrissey R, Dershewitz S, Geisinger ML, Araujo MWB. US dental health care workers' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Dent Assoc. 2022 Aug;153(8):740-749. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2022.02.011.
citation: Estrich CG, Mikkelsen M, Morrissey R, Geisinger ML, Ioannidou E, Vujicic M, Araujo MWB. Estimating COVID-19 prevalence and infection control practices among US dentists. J Am Dent Assoc. 2020 Nov;151(11):815-824. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2020.09.005.