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Dental Care in the Arab Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Infodemiological Study.
Al-Khalifa, Khalifa S; AlSheikh, Rasha; Alsahafi, Yaser A; Alkhalifa, Atheer; Sadaf, Shazia; Al-Moumen, Saud A; Muazen, Yasmeen Y; Shetty, Ashwin C.
  • Al-Khalifa KS; Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
  • AlSheikh R; Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
  • Alsahafi YA; Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Alkhalifa A; The National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Sadaf S; Department of Dental Education, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al-Moumen SA; Dental Department, Ministry of Health, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
  • Muazen YY; Dental Internship Program, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
  • Shetty AC; Vice Deanship for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy ; 14: 2153-2162, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1256186
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Twitter is a powerful platform which could be used to reflect on the demand and supply of dental services during a pandemic. The aim of this study was to examine the nature and dissemination of COVID-19 information related to dentistry on Twitter platform Arabic database during the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODOLOGY:

One hundred and fifty independent searches with a combination of keywords for both COVID-19 and dentistry from a preselected Arabic keyword were carried out for the period from the 2nd of March (first confirmed cases of COVID-19) to the 6th of July 2020. Tweets were filtered to remove duplicate and unrelated tweets. The suitable tweets were 1,150. After calibration, two examiners coded the tweets following two main themes COVID-19 and oral health-related information. Tweets were then compared with COVID-19 daily events in the Arab countries as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Descriptive analysis was performed to present the overview of the findings using Microsoft Excel.

RESULTS:

The most retweeted information was the help with urgent consultation or emergency dental treatment during COVID-19 tweeted by a dentist. There were 673 retweets and 1,116 likes of this tweet. The most common tweets related to oral health were needs of dental treatment (n=462, 39.5%) of which, toothaches or wisdom tooth problems constituted 48% of the related tweets.

CONCLUSION:

Based on the results of this study, it is obvious that social media users reacted to the COVID-19 threat to dental practices. Twitter as one of the social media platforms served as a connection between dental health professionals and patients.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Risk Manag Healthc Policy Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Rmhp.S310023