Anxiety and facial self-contacts: possible impact on COVID-19 transmission in dental practice

• Main Authors: María Carrillo-Diaz (Author), Laura Lacomba-Trejo (Author), Antonio del Valle-González (Author), Martín Romero-Maroto (Author), María José González-Olmo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The purpose was to analyse the associations between dental and trait anxiety, fear of COVID-19 and the duration and frequency of spontaneous hand-to-face contact (self-contact). Methods A cross-sectional design was carried out with 128 adult patients from four dental clinics in M...