Table 3.
Effects of the pandemic on economics, psychosocial well-being, and social life of orthodontists and orthodontic residents
| Effect of COVID-19 pandemic | Gender |
Total: N (%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female: n (%) | Male: n (%) | |||
| Negative economic impact of COVID-19 on income | ||||
| No effect | 7 (14.6) | 1 (4.0) | 8 (11.0) | 0.482 |
| Mild | 13 (27.1) | 6 (24.0) | 19 (26.0) | |
| Moderate | 12 (25.0) | 9 (36.0) | 21 (28.8) | |
| Severe | 16 (33.3) | 9 (36.0) | 25 (34.2) | |
| 48 (100.0) | 25 (100.0) | 73 (100.0) | ||
| Effect of COVID-19 on psychosocial well-being | ||||
| No effect | 6 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (8.2) | 0.409 |
| I feel depressed | 1 (2.1) | 1 (4.0) | 2 (2.7) | |
| I am happy, it has given me time to rest | 11 (23.0) | 5 (20.0) | 16 (21.9) | |
| I feel unhappy, not being able to work or earn an income | 11 (22.9) | 10 (40.0) | 21 (28.8) | |
| I cannot immediately tell | 19 (39.6) | 9 (36.0) | 28 (38.4) | |
| 48 (100.0) | 25 (100.0) | 73 (100.0) | ||
| Effect of COVID-19 on social life | ||||
| It has had no effect on my social life | 7 (14.6) | 4 (16.0) | 11 (15.1) | 0.029a |
| Has affected my relationship with my friends negatively | 7 (14.6) | 12 (48.0) | 19 (26.0) | |
| Has enriched my relationship with my friends | 7 (14.6) | 3 (12.0) | 10 (13.7) | |
| Has affected my relationship with my family negatively | 2 (4.2) | 1 (4.0) | 3 (4.1) | |
| Has enriched my relationship with my family | 25 (52.1) | 5 (20.0) | 30 (41.1) | |
| Others | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | |
| 48 (100.0) | 25 (100.0) | 73 (100.0) | ||
COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019.
a
P < 0.05.