Behavior change due to COVID-19 among dental academics-The theory of planned behavior: Stresses, worries, training, and pandemic severity.
Nour AmmarNourhan M AlyMorẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn FoláyanYousef Saleh KhaderJorma I VirtanenOla B Al-BataynehSimin Z MohebbiSameh AttiaHans-Peter HowaldtSebastian BoettgerDiah Ayu MaharaniAnton RahardjoImran KhanMarwa MadiMaher RashwanVerica PavlicSmiljka CicmilYoun-Hee ChoiEaster JouryJorge L CastilloKanako NoritakeAnas ShamalaGabriella GalluccioAntonella PolimeniPrathip PhantumvanitDavide MancinoJin-Bom KimMaha M AbdelsalamArheiam ArheiamMai A DamaMyat NyanIyad HusseinMohammad M AlkeshanAna P VukovicAlfredo IandoloArthur M KemoliMaha El TantawiPublished in: PloS one (2020)
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.