EFFICACY OF COVID 19 VACCINATION AMONGST THE DENTISTS IN KHEDA / ANAND DISTRICT DURING THE SECOND WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC

Abstract

Aims:To evaluate theefficacy of COVID 19 vaccination amongst the dentists in Kheda / Anand
district during the second wave of the pandemic.
Methods and Material:All the data were collected through an online google survey
questionnaire forms and circulated amongst 100 dentists practicing in Kheda / Anand district.
Descriptive statistics was used for statistical analysis.
Statistical analysis used:Data were analysed using IBM SPSS for Windows, v. 20 (IBM Corp.,
Armonk, USA). Descriptive statistical analysis was used to describe factors included in the
survey. Tests of proportion were used to describe the continuous variables and the categorical
data were described using percentages.
Results:A total of 100 dentists responded of which 50% were males and 50% were females. 99%
of the dentists were vaccinated of which 94% vaccinated with covishield and 5% were
vaccinated with covaxin and 91% of the dentists were vaccinated with double dose and 8% with
single dose of the vaccine. 23% of the dentists tested positive for COVID 19 after first dose of the vaccine while 73% tested positive after the second dose of the vaccine who were practicing
general dentistry during the second wave of the pandemic. All the affected dentists were
recovered through home isolation.
Conclusions:These results conclude that the effectiveness of the COVID 19 vaccine has an
impact on decreasing the severity of symptoms the among the dentists.