Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
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I am concerned that patients will decide to defer dental treatments because of fear of being infected by COVID-19 (n = 206) | 80 (38.8) | 76 (36.9) | 23 (11.2) | 20 (9.7) | 7 (3.4) |
I am concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Australian public’s ability to access oral healthcare (i.e., dental restrictions, limited bookings per day due to longer appointment for stricter infection control procedures) (n = 206) | 80 (38.8) | 85 (41.3) | 26 (12.6) | 11 (5.3) | 4 (1.9) |
I am concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients’ ability to fund their dental care (n = 206) | 57 (27.7) | 77 (37.4) | 40 (19.4) | 24 (11.7) | 8 (3.9) |