Table 2.
Response based on geographic regions.
| GEOGRAPHIC REGION |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARIABLE | Eastern Mediterranean | Europe | North America | Western Pacific | P Value |
| Level of Comfort With Preventive Measures and Provision of Treatment in the Dental Practice, Mean Score on the Likert Scale (Standard Deviation) | |||||
| Guidance and support | 3.5 (1.4) | 2.1 (1.2) | 3.1 (1.3) | 3.4 (1.1) | < .01 |
| Availability of personal protective equipment | 3.3 (1.4) | 1.5 (0.9) | 2.2 (1.3) | 2.6 (1.2) | < .01 |
| Safety of patients | 3.3 (1.4) | 1.9 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.4) | 2.9 (1.2) | < .01 |
| Screening process | 2.8 (1.4) | 2.0 (1.2) | 2.6 (1.3) | 2.9 (1.3) | < .01 |
| Providing emergency treatment | 2.6 (1.4) | 1.7 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.2) | 2.5 (1.3) | < .01 |
| Providing elective treatment | 2.0 (1.3) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.5 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.3) | < .01 |
| Total | 17.7 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 16.3 | < .01 |
| Understanding of Benefits and Use of N95 Respirators, Yes (No. [%]) | |||||
| Familiar with use of N95 | 218 (63.2) | 187 (41.6) | 158 (67.8) | 64 (40.5) | < .01 |
| Use of N95 in practice | 119 (34.4) | 37 (8.3) | 38 (16.4) | 40 (25.3) | < .01 |
| If N95 use is necessary for a patient with COVID-19 | 315 (91.3) | 408 (91.8) | 215 (93.1) | 149 (94.3) | .644 |
| Affect on Workplace, Yes (No. [%]) | |||||
| Workplace closed | 258 (74.8) | 398 (88.6) | 204 (87.6) | 97 (61.4) | < .01 |
| Workplace deferred elective treatment | 57 (65.5) | 47 (92.2) | 25 (86.2) | 45 (73.8) | < .01 |
| Workplace providing emergency treatment | 63 (72.4) | 36 (70.6) | 26(89.7) | 43 (70.5) | .216 |
| Financial Impact | |||||
| Substantial financial impact on respondent, mean score on the Likert Scale (standard deviation) | 4.3 (1.00) | 4.7 (0.7) | 4.8 (0.6) | 4.4 (0.9) | < .01 |
| Expecting financial compensation, yes (no. [%]) | 373 (49.8) | 193 (44.8) | 120 (36.9) | 229 (51.6) | < .01 |