Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dental Patients Toward Cross-Infection and Economic Implications in View of Covid-19: An Online Survey
| Autor: | Rhythm Bains, Aseem P. Tikku, Vivek Kumar Bains, Promila Verma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cross infection
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 030206 dentistry Dental patients 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Family medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Personal protective equipment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Advanced Oral Research. 12:95-102 |
| ISSN: | 2320-2076 2320-2068 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2320206820972250 |
| Popis: | Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the patients regarding cross-infection in dental clinics in view of COVID-19, and its economic implications. Materials and Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional online survey done using Google Forms tool which was shared amongst 501 participants via e-mail and various social media platforms. It consisted of 42 structured questions regarding sociodemographics (seven questions), knowledge of COVID-19 (seven questions), practices regarding COVID-19 preventive methods (five questions), knowledge regarding cross-infection in dental clinics (nine questions), attitudes toward infection in dental clinics, and increased cost of treatment due to added disinfection protocols (14 questions). All the associations were tested using the chi-square test and with the P-value set at Results: A total of 478 responses were assessed. 92.2% of the respondents had high knowledge regarding COVID-19, and only 48.1% had a high knowledge score regarding infection control in dental clinics. The respondents exhibited high scores for practice related to COVID-19 (83.9%) and attitude toward infection control in dental clinics (91.9%). Using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, knowledge attitude practices variables showed a significant correlation amongst each other ( P < .001). Only 60% responded that extra infection control protocols will increase the treatment charges, and approximately 30% responded that they will not pay or were not sure of paying the extra charges. The proportion of respondents who were agreeing about paying the increase cost were independent of age ( P = .226), gender ( P = .328), education ( P = .085), and profession ( P = .121). Conclusion: A significant percentage of patients today have a lot of knowledge of COVID-19. Also, they have higher expectations than before from their dental health care providers regarding infection control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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