Abby Grammer Horton, Michael A Lawson
Analyzing nursing students' mental health profiles at the onset of COVID-19
Archives of psychiatric nursing
impact coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic dental caries unknown investigated effect pandemic child dental caries japan comparing increase dental caries fourth sixth grade two cohorts covid19 exposed cohort covid19 unexposed cohort using differenceindifferences analysis longitudinal data followed elementary school children adachi city tokyo analyzed analysis consisted two cohorts fourth grade 2016 sixth grade 2018 covid19 unexposed cohort n 399 fourth grade 2018 sixth grade 2020 covid19 exposed cohort n 3082 childrens dental caries examined school dentists differenceindifferences analysis adjusting timevariant variables ie household socioeconomic status childrens oral health behavior caregivers psychological distress performed fourth grade number decayed missing filled permanent teeth dmft different covid19 unexposed exposed cohorts mean 0241 0242 respectively sixth grade dmft increased 0067 covid19 unexposed cohort 0180 covid19 exposed cohort interaction term grade cohorts caries differenceindifferences analysis showed dental caries among covid19 exposed cohort showed significant increase number dental caries 0116 95 confidence interval 0015 0216 compared covid19 unexposed cohort child dental caries slightly increased pandemic studies longer followups needed evaluate impact pandemic child dental caries