Muhammad Mansoor Majeed, Zarah Siddiqui, Urooj Tabbasum, Huma Sarwar, Saquib Minhas, Moti Raam Bhatia.
Psychological barriers among dental patients during the COVID-19 crisis.
Rawal Med J May ;46(1):7-10.

Objective: To evaluate the psychological fear (anxiety) of dental patients while visiting a dentist in the period of the present coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Methodology: This online cross-sectional survey used a self-administered questionnaire to analyze the anxiety, knowledge, and perception of 461 dental patients. A p<0.05 was considered significant. Results: Data from 461 participants revealed 2 significant differences among genders (X = 2 14.944, p<0.001), age (X = 142.915, p<0.001), and between the educational levels of the 2 participants (X = 410.399, p<0.001). We found that 63.6% patients were afraid of visiting dentists due to the fear of COVID-19, and 66.2% patients thought that they will get the disease from the dentist or dental office. We observed that females were found to be more anxious than men (p<0.05). Conclusion: There was high anxiety among the patients to visit dentists because of the current pandemic. Aanxiety regarding COVID-19 is prevalent in the society that may lead to a monetary crisis for dentists.

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