COVID-19 Prevalence among Czech Dentists

This work evaluates the prevalence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), among members of the Czech Dental Chamber. The assessment was based on an online questionnaire filled out by 2716 participants, representing 24.3% of all chamber members. Overall, 25.4% of the participants admitted they were diagnosed with COVID-19 by 30 June 2021, with no statistical differences between the sexes. While in the age groups under 50 the reported prevalence was around 30%, with increasing age, it gradually decreased to 15.2% in the group over 70 years. The work environment was identified as a place of contagion by 38.4% of the respondents. The total COVID-19 PCR-verified positivity was 13.9%, revealing a statistically lower prevalence (p = 0.0180) compared with the Czech general population, in which the COVID-19 PCR-verified positivity was ~15.6% (fourth highest rank in the world). The total infection–hospitalization ratio (IHR) was 2.8%, and the median age group of hospitalized individuals was 60–70 years. For respondents older than 60 years, the IHR was 8.7%, and for those under 40 years, it was 0%. Of the respondents, 37.7% admitted that another team member was diagnosed with COVID-19, of which the most frequently mentioned profession was a nurse/dental assistant (81.2%). The results indicate that although the dentist profession is associated with a high occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, well-chosen antiepidemic measures adopted by dental professionals may outweigh it.

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Oral Health of Individuals with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Both

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal ◽

10.1597/02-058 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 59-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Elizabeth Maria Bastos Lages ◽

Badeia Marcos ◽

Isabela Almeida Pordeus

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

General Population ◽

Cleft Lip ◽

Cleft Lip And Palate ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Age Groups ◽

Gingival Recession ◽

Age Group ◽

Visual Examination ◽

Probing Depth

Objective To evaluate the oral health of children with cleft lip and palate. Design DMFT (dmft) and DMFS (dmfs) were calculated on the basis of visual examination. Periodontal disease was assessed by classical clinical parameters: volume gain, bleeding, probing depth, loss of insertion, gingival recession. and calculus. Patients Seventy-eight individuals aged 1 to 32 years took part in the study. Results The dmft was 2.91 (± 3.99) in the 1- to 5-year-old age group and 2.77 (± 3.15) in the 6- to 12-year-old group. The DMFT averages for the age groups of 6 to 12 years, 13 to 18 years, and 19 to 32 years were 1.87 (± 1.78), 6.46 (± 3.11), and 13.62 (± 6.51), respectively. A total of 5.3% of individuals presented a healthy periodontium, and 86.6% presented with gingivitis and 8% presented with periodontitis. Conclusions The dental and periodontal condition of individuals with cleft lip and palate was similar to the general population in the region in which this study was conducted. Good preventive measures should result in improved oral health similar to the general population and should be emphasized.

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Breast cancer incidence in a large cohort of Peruvian women affiliated to a pre-paid system.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.e12570 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽

pp. e12570-e12570

Author(s):

Juan F. Suazo ◽

Priscila I. Valdiviezo ◽

Claudio J. Flores ◽

Jorge Iberico ◽

Joseph A. Pinto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

At Risk ◽

General Population ◽

Incidence Rate ◽

Breast Cancer Incidence ◽

Age Groups ◽

Cumulative Risk ◽

Incidence Rates ◽

Specific Rate ◽

Age Group

e12570 Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common malignancy and the leading cause of death by cancer in Peruvian women (age-standarized rate [ASR] of 34 new cases/100,000 women estimated by GLOBOCAN 2008). The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of BCin acohort ofwomenat Oncosalud, an oncologic pre-paid system that currently has 600,000 affiliates. Methods: We evaluated a dynamic cohort (period 1989 to 2011) of women affiliatedat Oncosalud – AUNA, an oncologic prepaid system.The crude incidence rate per year (number of new cases/women at risk), the specific rate according to age (number of new cases / persons-year) and cumulative risk were calculated. Results: Overall, during the assessment period, the BC incidence rate per year was 175.6 and the ASR incidence was 111.9 per 100,000 affiliates respectively. In our cohort of affiliates there were no BC cases before 1993 (with 907 women at risk for that year). The highest incidence rate was 177.6 registered in 1997 (11,822 women at risk). Incidence rates started decreasing in 2003 (169.2 with a population at risk of 39,593 women). The lowest incidence was 71.5, registered in 2011 (279,680 women at risk).According to age-groups, there were no BC cases under20 years old. Specificincidence ratesper age-group increases from the 30 year old-group (55.8). The peak of BC incidence was between 70 to 74 years old (407.4). In the same way, the cumulative risk increases after 30 years old. Conclusions: In our cohort of affiliates, the incidence of BC is greater than the general population, it could be due to the process of negative selection; however, specific incidence rates per age-group and cumulative risk are increased after 30 years, as seen in the general population.

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From children to seniors: is culture accessible to everyone?

International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research ◽

10.1108/ijcthr-08-2019-0142 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Aleksandra Tešin ◽

Sanja Kovačić ◽

Tatjana Pivac ◽

Miroslav D. Vujičić ◽

Sanja Obradović

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Age Groups ◽

Age Group ◽

Cultural Institutions ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Content Type ◽

Novi Sad ◽

The City ◽

Descriptive Statistical Analysis

Purpose The main objective of the study is to analyse the perception of accessibility to cultural for different age groups (children, teenagers, adults and seniors) in the city of Novi Sad (Serbia). Additional goals were to reveal which cultural contents in the city are the most important to which particular age group and to measure the level of compatibility with their needs. Design/methodology/approach The study sample consisted of 170 respondents of different age groups used for comparison purposes. Data were collected through an online questionnaire and analysed by IBM SPSS Statistics (descriptive statistical analysis and ANOVA test). Findings The results of this research showed that a gap is evident between the current cultural offer and the needs and preferences of visitors of different age groups. One of the significant obstacles that emerged is the inadequate promotion of cultural contents in the city to different age groups of visitors (children, teenagers, adults and seniors). The study also identified the age groups of visitors to whom the cultural offer was least adapted, as well as mapping the cultural institutions which are least accessible to audiences of different ages. Originality/value The paper addresses the knowledge gap related to accessibility to cultural for different generations. It focuses on topics that have not been previously researched – comparison of the needs of different generations concerning the actual offer in cultural institutions, addressing the importance of certain elements of a cultural offer to different age groups and the level of accessibility of such features to different age groups.

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Participation and Performance Trends in the Oldest 100-km Ultramarathon in the World

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17051719 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 1719 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Beat Knechtle ◽

Volker Scheer ◽

Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis ◽

Caio Victor Sousa

Keyword(s):

Age Groups ◽

Large Datasets ◽

Age Group ◽

Long Period ◽

Performance Trends ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

And Performance

Participation and performance trends in ultramarathon running have been investigated for large datasets and long period of times with an increase in participants and an improvement in performance. However, the analysis of ultramarathons across many decades is missing. We analyzed these trends for 96,036 athletes (88,286 men and 7750 women) from 67 countries competing between 1956 and 2019 in ‘100 km Lauf Biel’ in Switzerland, the oldest 100-km ultramarathon in the world. More men than women participated in all years. The number of male participants reached a peak at around 1985 and a decline in participation occurred thereafter. Women started competing in 1962. Men were always faster than women and both women and men reduced their race times over years. After about 1985, both overall women and men and both female and male winners were not able to improve race times. For men, athletes from all age groups below the age of 49 years old reached a peak of participation in the 1980s, and showed a decrease since then. Regarding age groups, the decrease first started in age group 20–29 years, followed by 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, and 60–69 years. For athletes in age groups 70–79 and 80–89 years, no decrease occurred. For women, age group athletes in age groups 40–49, 50–59, and 60–69 years increased their participation, whereas age groups 20–29 and 30–39 peaked in the late 1980s and started to decrease or stabilize, respectively. Switzerland, Germany, and France were the countries with the highest numbers of participants throughout the history of the race. In men, race times increased after about 1990 for most nationalities; only runners from Germany seemed to stabilize their performance. In women, runners from Italy, France, and Austria improved their performance over the years. In summary, the analysis of the oldest 100-km ultramarathon in the world showed a decrease in participation and an impairment in performance in the last 60 years. These changes were due to a decrease in the number of male ultramarathoners in around the 1980s, where mainly the number of age group runners younger than 70 years decreased.

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Mindfulness: Age and gender differences on a Bosnian sample

Psychological Thought ◽

10.5964/psyct.v10i1.224 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 155-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Sabina Alispahic ◽

Enedina Hasanbegovic-Anic

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

General Population ◽

Age Groups ◽

Age Group ◽

Test Results ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Age And Gender Differences ◽

And Gender ◽

Acting With Awareness

The goal of this research was to examine age and gender differences in mindfulness on Bosnian general population. The study was conducted on a sample of 441 participants from the general population, from twelve cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a measure of mindfulness we used Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire. Results showed that older participants’ scores were higher than for younger participants for all aspects of mindfulness. There was found a statistically significant difference between the three age groups on the subscales of Acting with awareness F(2, 435) = 7.39, p < .01 and of Non-judging of inner experience F(2, 428) = 5.67, p < .01. We found statistically significant difference for the Acting with awareness between 20-32 age group (M = 28.57, SD = 5.66) and 33-49 age group (M = 31.01, SD = 5.00, t(292) = -3.91, p < .001), and between 20-32 age group and 50+ group (M = 30.14, SD = 5,86, t(290) = -2.32, p < .05). Also, there was a significant difference for the Non-judging between 20-32 age group (M = 24.77, SD = 5.80) and 33-49 age group (M = 26.65, SD = 5.09, t(288) = -2.94, p < .01), and between 20-32 age group and 50+ group (M = 26.49, SD = 4.90, t(287) = -2,71, p < .05). According to the t-test results, there was statistically significant gender difference between the subscales Observing (t(432) = -2.259, p < .05) and Acting with awareness (t(432) = 2.197, p < .05), women scored higher than men on the subscale Observing, while men exhibited higher scores on the subscale Acting with awareness. Results of this research showed that there were found significant age and gender differences for some aspects of mindfulness in the sample of Bosnian general population.

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Gender-Age Distribution of Patients with COVID-19 at Different Stages of Epidemic in Moscow

Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections ◽

10.21055/0370-1069-2020-3-27-35 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 27-35

Author(s):

V. G. Akimkin ◽

S. N. Kuzin ◽

T. A. Semenenko ◽

A. A. Ploskireva ◽

D. V. Dubodelov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Age Distribution ◽

Age Groups ◽

Population Based ◽

Epidemiological Surveillance ◽

Age Group ◽

Female Ratio ◽

The World ◽

Male Female Ratio ◽

Male Cohort ◽

Epidemiological Characteristics

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic around the world and in Russia remains a major event of 2020. All over the world, research is being conducted to comprehensively study the patterns and manifestations of the epidemic process. The main quantitative characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics among the population, based on the data of official monitoring over the current situation, play an important role in the development of the epidemiological surveillance system.The aim of this study is to explore the peculiarities of age-gender distribution of COVID-19 patients in Moscow.Material and methods. The data related to the epidemiological characteristics of age-gender structure of COVID-19 patients in Moscow between March 19, 2020 and April 15, 2020, at different stages of the epidemic were retrospectively analyzed.Results and discussion. The mean age of COVID-19 patients in Moscow was 46,41±20,58 years. The gender ratio (male/female) among the patients was 52.7/47.3 %, wherein the indicators varied depending upon the age. Male/female ratio in the age group “under 39” stood at 53.7/46.3 %, and “over 40 years of age” – at 39.3/60.7 %. The predominant age range among male cases was 19 to 39 years old – 35.4 %, while among female patients – 40–59 years (36.5 %). The age distribution of patients in Moscow is indicative of the fact that COVID-19 is a disease that primarily affects older age groups. The age structure of all COVID-19 cases during the observation period is characterized by predominance of adult patients over 19 years of age – 92,7 % (92,6–92,8 %), the share of patients aged 40–59 years is 35,7% (35,5–35,9 %). The differences in the age distribution in males and females are as follows: in the male cohort, the age groups 19–39 years old and 40–59 years old prevail – 35.4 % (35.1–35.7 %) and 34.9 % (34.6–35.2 %), respectively. The age group 40–59 years old – 36.5 % (36.3–36.8%) dominates in the female cohort.

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Trends in winter excess mortality in Mexico 1991 - 2008

10.7287/peerj.preprints.1273v1 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Omar González-Santiago ◽

Evangelina Ramirez-Lara ◽

Sandra L. Gracia-Vásquez ◽

Isaias Balderas-Rentería

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Excess Mortality ◽

Age Groups ◽

Winter Season ◽

Age Group ◽

Old People ◽

Mediterranean Countries ◽

All Cause Mortality ◽

Main Factors ◽

Low Levels

Objective: Analyze the mortality by all causes in México during the Winter season. Methods: We extracted and tabulated data on monthly all-cause mortality in the general population from 1991 to 2008 from database INEGI. Coefficients of seasonal variation in mortality were calculated. Results: An increase of 15 % in mortality for general population during Winter was observed during the studied period. The more susceptible age groups were old people and children with an increase of winter deaths of 19 % and 11 % respectively. Months with low levels of mortality were April, October and September for children, adolescents and old people respectively. Conclusions: In Mexico winter months shown the highest levels of mortality. The increase in mortality is similar to some Mediterranean countries. More susceptible age groups correspond to child and old people. Months with low levels of mortality are different for each age group. In México it is necessary identify the main factors that contribute to low mortality among different months according age groups.

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Trends in winter excess mortality in Mexico 1991 - 2008

10.7287/peerj.preprints.1273 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Omar González-Santiago ◽

Evangelina Ramirez-Lara ◽

Sandra L. Gracia-Vásquez ◽

Isaias Balderas-Rentería

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Excess Mortality ◽

Age Groups ◽

Winter Season ◽

Age Group ◽

Old People ◽

Mediterranean Countries ◽

All Cause Mortality ◽

Main Factors ◽

Low Levels

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Y–Z IN THE LABOUR MARKET: EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES (HUNGARY–PAKISTAN)

Verslas teorija ir praktika ◽

10.3846/btp.2021.13819 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 453-461

Author(s):

Andrea Bencsik ◽

Ali Shujahat ◽

Tímea Juhász

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Age Groups ◽

Employee Perceptions ◽

Age Group ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

National Cultures ◽

Spatial Immersion and Human Interaction

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts - Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts and Roles of Immersive Media ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-2433-6.ch018 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 371-392

Author(s):

Shaojung Sharon Wang

Keyword(s):

Age Groups ◽

Older Age ◽

Human Interaction ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Age Group ◽

Physical Environments ◽

Technological Advances ◽

The World ◽

The Media ◽

The Relationship

This study investigated how Pokémon GO play may integrate players' gaming experiences and physical environments to facilitate spatial-human immersions in psychologically meaningful ways. Two age groups that represent generational players were further compared. A survey of 1031 players found that co-presence was positively associated with game enjoyment and game involvement, and nostalgia was positively associated with game enjoyment. The mediation effect of nostalgia on game involvement through game enjoyment was significant and game involvement completely mediated the relationship between game enjoyment and place attachment. In the 35 years and older age group, the direct effect of nostalgia on game involvement and the indirect effect of nostalgia on game involvement through game enjoyment were both significant. Theoretical implications on linking spatial relationships and the process of movement in the immersive AR environment and connecting the media experiences from one's formative youth period to the world of technological advances are elaborated.

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