Table 4 Comparison of the effects of COVID-19 on the utilization of dental services of preschool children (N, %)
Items | City | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Wuhan | Others | ||
Previous dental visit (before epidemic) | 0.012 | ||
Yes | 176 (63.8)a | 24 8 (54.3)b | |
No | 100 (36.2)a | 209 (45.7)b | |
Solutions (in the future) | 0.000 | ||
Dental visit directly | 584 (36.5)a | 1507 (52.1)b | |
Solve by themselves and have dental visit unless necessary | 394 (24.6)a | 537 (18.6)b | |
Consultation online and have dental visit unless necessary | 585 (36.5)a | 821 (28.4)b | |
Solve by themselves without dental visit | 32 (2.0)a | 21 (0.7)b | |
Don’t deal with it | 6 (0.4) | 8 (0.3) | |
Worried about contagious disease during treatment | 0.004 | ||
Very worry | 439 (27.8)a | 695 (24.6)b | |
Moderate worry | 449 (28.4) | 747 (26.4) | |
Mild worry | 518 (32.8) | 1003 (35.4) | |
No worry | 173 (11.0)a | 385 (13.6)b | |
Protection during dental visit | 0.000 | ||
All operations are acceptable with appropriate precautions | 446 (28.5)a | 995 (34.7)b | |
Partial operations are acceptable with appropriate precautions | 1104 (70.6)a | 1845 (64.4)b | |
All operations are acceptable without precautions | 9 (0.6) | 15 (0.5) | |
Nevermind | 4 (0.3) | 10 (0.3) | |