Clinical dental students' knowledge regarding proper dental settings for treating patient during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.
| Autor: | Aljarbou FA; Fahd A Aljarbou, BDS, MS. Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia., Bukhary SM; Sundus M Bukhary, BDS, MSc. Lecturer, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia., Althemery AU; Abdullah U Althemery, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia., Alqedairi AS; Abdullah S Alqedairi, BDS, MS. Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Pakistan journal of medical sciences [Pak J Med Sci] 2021 Mar-Apr; Vol. 37 (2), pp. 503-509. |
| DOI: | 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3768 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: To investigate the clinical dental students' knowledge on the proper dental setting during COVID-19. Methods: Using multicenter cross-sectional study, a 10-items questionnaire was distributed in April 2020 among senior dental students from two dental schools. It comprised three main domains: demographic questions, questions investigating student's access to the proper recommendations of dental settings during COVID-19 and the specific recommendations questions. Results: The questionnaire was sent to 654 clinical dental students and the total number of respondents were 267 representing a response rate of 40.83%. The overall knowledge mean was low (1±0.92). Gender was not a statistically significant factor affecting the knowledge score (P > 0.05). Most of the participants never visited the Saudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Saudi CDC) website and received no guidance or advice regarding proper dental practices during COVID-19. A statistically significant relationship was observed between the mean knowledge score and access to knowledge variables (P < 0.05). Conclusion: It was noted that clinical dental students have low knowledge on the proper dental settings during COVID-19 pandemic that was recommended by the Saudi CDC guidelines and they must be equipped with adequate knowledge from reliable sources to overcome their insufficiencies such as a well-structured and dynamic curriculum. (Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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