Vaccination rate and symptoms of long COVID among dental teams in Germany

Although COVID-19 is no longer a global public health threat, its consequences persist, with long COVID affecting at least 10% of patients and manifesting in various organ systems. National and international health agencies promoted vaccination to enhance population immunity, prioritizing healthcare...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports Jg. 15; H. 1; S. 13654 - 8
Hauptverfasser: Mksoud, Maria, Ittermann, Till, Holtfreter, Birte, Söhnel, Andreas, Söhnel, Carmen, Welk, Alexander, Paris, Sebastian, Melzow, Florentina Sophie, Wiegand, Annette, Kanzow, Philipp, Rau, Andrea, Kindler, Stefan, Kocher, Thomas
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.04.2025
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Adult
COVID-19
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines - administration & dosage
Dental assistants
Dental Hygienists - statistics & numerical data
Dentistry
Dentists
Dentists - statistics & numerical data
Disease transmission
Female
Germany - epidemiology
Health care
Health risks
Herd immunity
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Long COVID
Male
Middle Aged
multidisciplinary
Occupational risk
Personnel
Public health
Questionnaires
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination
Vaccination - statistics & numerical data
Germany
SARS-CoV-2
Dentistry
Long COVID
Occupational risk
Public health
ISSN:2045-2322, 2045-2322
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Zusammenfassung:Although COVID-19 is no longer a global public health threat, its consequences persist, with long COVID affecting at least 10% of patients and manifesting in various organ systems. National and international health agencies promoted vaccination to enhance population immunity, prioritizing healthcare personnel due to their high occupational risk. In a previous study, we found that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among dental teams in Germany was not higher than in the general population. This follow-up investigation aims to assess the vaccination status and the prevalence and severity of long COVID symptoms among dental teams in Germany. As part of a follow-up investigation involving the original cohort, 267 team members from 186 German dental practices previously included in the initial study completed an online questionnaire. The questionnaire covered three topics: (1) vaccination status, (2) confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, and (3) self-reported long COVID symptoms. One hundred and seventy-two dentists (64.4%), 74 dental assistants (27.7%) and 21 dental hygienists (7.9%) completed the questionnaire. In total, 245 participants (91.8%) were at least once vaccinated. A COVID-19 infection after January 1st 2021 was reported by 146 (54.7%) participants, of which 33 participants (22.6%) suffered from long COVID symptoms. Our results showed lower vaccination rates among dental auxiliary personnel compared to dentists (95.9% vs. 84.2%). Individuals with long COVID symptoms were more often dental assistants (48.5% vs. 29.2%) or dental hygienists (15.2% vs. 8.0%) than dentists (36.4% vs. 62.8%) compared to the group not reporting long COVID symptoms ( p  = 0.025). In addition, it is unlikely that dental healthcare personnel are more prone to experiencing more severe symptoms compared to the general population. Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is likely to help against symptoms of long COVID.
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ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-96670-8