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References
- Ahmed MA, Jouhar R, Adnan S, Ahmed N, Ghazal T, Adanir N. 2020a. Evaluation of patient's knowledge, attitude, and practice of cross-infection control in dentistry during covid-19 pandemic. European Journal of Dentistry. 14(S 01):S1-S6.
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- Azarkar G, Doosti Z, Osmani F, Ziaee M. 2019. Analysis of risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease in hepatitis b virus infection: A case–control study. Hepatic medicine: evidence and research. 11:153.
- Azim AA, Shabbir J, Khurshid Z, Zafar M, Ghabbani H, Dummer P. 2020. Clinical endodontic management during the covid‐19 pandemic: A literature review and clinical recommendations. International endodontic journal. 53(11):1461-1471.
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- Haleem A, Javaid M, Vaishya R. 2020. Effects of covid 19 pandemic in daily life. Current medicine research and practice. Hua F, Qin D, Yan J, Zhao T, He H. 2020. Covid-19 related experience, knowledge, attitude, and behaviors among 2,669 orthodontists, orthodontic residents, and nurses in china: A cross-sectional survey. Frontiers in medicine. 7:481.
- Hussain I, Majeed A, Imran I, Ullah M, Hashmi FK, Saeed H, Chaudhry MO, Rasool MF. 2020. Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward covid-19 in primary healthcare providers: A cross-sectional study from three tertiary care hospitals of peshawar, pakistan. Journal of community health.1-9.
- Ibrahim NK, Alwafi HA, Sangoof SO, Turkistani AK, Alattas BM. 2017. Cross-infection and infection control in dentistry: Knowledge, attitude and practice of patients attended dental clinics in king abdulaziz university hospital, jeddah, saudi arabia. Journal of infection and Public Health. 10(4):438-445.
- Kharma MY, Alalwani MS, Amer MF, Tarakji B, Aws G. 2015. Assessment of the awareness level of dental students toward middle east respiratory syndrome-coronavirus. Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry. 5(3):163.
- Labban L, Thallaj N, Labban A. 2020. Assessing the level of awareness and knowledge of covid 19 pandemic among syrians. Arch Med. 12(2):8.
- Lin L, Savoia E, Agboola F, Viswanath K. 2014. What have we learned about communication inequalities during the h1n1 pandemic: A systematic review of the literature. BMC public health. 14(1):1-13.
- Mousa AA, Mahmoud NM, Tag El Din AM. 1997. Knowledge and attitudes of dental patients towards cross-infection control measures in dental practice. EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 3 (2), 263-273, 1997.
- Osmani F, Ziaee M. 2021. Assessment of the risk factors for vitamin d3 deficiency in chronic hepatitis b patient using the decision tree learning algorithm in birjand. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 23:100519.
- Osmani M, Osmani F, Pourhoseingholi MA. 2019. Comparison of decision tree and logistic regression for prediction of functional dyspepsia and gastroesophageal reflux disease in tehran province using rome iii. Modern Care Journal. 16(4).
- Parvaie P, Majd HS, Ziaee M, Sharifzadeh G, Osmani F. 2020. Evaluation of gum health status in hemophilia patients in birjand (a case-control study). American Journal of Blood Research. 10(3):54.
- Peng X, Xu X, Li Y, Cheng L, Zhou X, Ren B. 2020. Transmission routes of 2019-ncov and controls in dental practice. International journal of oral science. 12(1):1-6.
- Sarkarat F, Tootoonchian A, Hosseinpour M, Moghadasi M, Rakhshan V. 2020. Knowledge of iranian dentists, dental specialists, and dental students towards covid-19: A preliminary survey of 778 subjects. Shiraz E-Medical Journal. 21(12). Taha F, Joseph J, Janakiram C, Puttaiah R. 2015. Dental infection control practices and public perception: A cross-sectional study. Journal of International Oral Health. 7(12):20.
- Yang J, Zheng Y, Gou X, Pu K, Chen Z, Guo Q, Ji R, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhou Y. 2020. Prevalence of comorbidities in the novel wuhan coronavirus (covid-19) infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Infect Dis. 10.
- Yip H, Tsang P, Samaranayake L, Li A. 2007. Knowledge of and attitudes toward severe acute respiratory syndrome among a cohort of dental patients in hong kong following a major local outbreak. Community dental health. 24(1):43-48.
Abstract
Introduction: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a serious pandemic that caused viral respiratory illness. The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge of patients attended dental clinic about COVID-19 pandemic at birjand.
Methods: This study was conducted among 270 attending patients to the dental clinics as a cross-sectional survey. They were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire. The sampling method was as counting all the participants. The questionnaire consisted of demographic information and covid-19 knowledge. After collecting the data, they were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods and chi-square test using SPSS software.
Results: The study was performed in February 2021. Results of this study showed 19.5%, 30.6% and 49.9% of respondents had poor, fair and satisfactory level of toward covid-19 respectively. Above 65% of the responders answered correctly to all questions. Men had poorer information (P = 0.014) statistical tests released that, knowledge had a significant association with educational level, age and monthly income amongst responders (P <0.05).
Conclusions: It was concluded that, their knowledge towards SARS-CoV-2 is generally good. Further steps need to be taken to educate the patient's about its transmission in a dental clinic. Also, training programs about mechanism of potential spread of COVID are suggested for the improvement of knowledge.
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- Ahmed MA, Jouhar R, Adnan S, Ahmed N, Ghazal T, Adanir N. 2020a. Evaluation of patient's knowledge, attitude, and practice of cross-infection control in dentistry during covid-19 pandemic. European Journal of Dentistry. 14(S 01):S1-S6.
- Ahmed N, Shakoor M, Vohra F, Abduljabbar T, Mariam Q, Rehman MA. 2020b. Knowledge, awareness and practice of health care professionals amid sars-cov-2, corona virus disease outbreak. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 36(COVID19-S4):S49.
- Ashok N, Rodrigues JC, Azouni K, Darwish S, Abuderman A, Alkaabba AAF, Tarakji B. 2016. Knowledge and apprehension of dental patients about mers-a questionnaire survey. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR. 10(5):ZC58.
- Ataş O, Yildirim TT. 2020. Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and clinical education of dental students about covid-19 pandemic. PeerJ. 8:e9575.
- Azarkar G, Doosti Z, Osmani F, Ziaee M. 2019. Analysis of risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease in hepatitis b virus infection: A case–control study. Hepatic medicine: evidence and research. 11:153.
- Azim AA, Shabbir J, Khurshid Z, Zafar M, Ghabbani H, Dummer P. 2020. Clinical endodontic management during the covid‐19 pandemic: A literature review and clinical recommendations. International endodontic journal. 53(11):1461-1471.
- Bains R, Tikku AP, Bains VK, Verma P. 2020. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of dental patients toward cross-infection and economic implications in view of covid-19: An online survey. Journal of Advanced Oral Research.2320206820972250.
- Haleem A, Javaid M, Vaishya R. 2020. Effects of covid 19 pandemic in daily life. Current medicine research and practice. Hua F, Qin D, Yan J, Zhao T, He H. 2020. Covid-19 related experience, knowledge, attitude, and behaviors among 2,669 orthodontists, orthodontic residents, and nurses in china: A cross-sectional survey. Frontiers in medicine. 7:481.
- Hussain I, Majeed A, Imran I, Ullah M, Hashmi FK, Saeed H, Chaudhry MO, Rasool MF. 2020. Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward covid-19 in primary healthcare providers: A cross-sectional study from three tertiary care hospitals of peshawar, pakistan. Journal of community health.1-9.
- Ibrahim NK, Alwafi HA, Sangoof SO, Turkistani AK, Alattas BM. 2017. Cross-infection and infection control in dentistry: Knowledge, attitude and practice of patients attended dental clinics in king abdulaziz university hospital, jeddah, saudi arabia. Journal of infection and Public Health. 10(4):438-445.
- Kharma MY, Alalwani MS, Amer MF, Tarakji B, Aws G. 2015. Assessment of the awareness level of dental students toward middle east respiratory syndrome-coronavirus. Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry. 5(3):163.
- Labban L, Thallaj N, Labban A. 2020. Assessing the level of awareness and knowledge of covid 19 pandemic among syrians. Arch Med. 12(2):8.
- Lin L, Savoia E, Agboola F, Viswanath K. 2014. What have we learned about communication inequalities during the h1n1 pandemic: A systematic review of the literature. BMC public health. 14(1):1-13.
- Mousa AA, Mahmoud NM, Tag El Din AM. 1997. Knowledge and attitudes of dental patients towards cross-infection control measures in dental practice. EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 3 (2), 263-273, 1997.
- Osmani F, Ziaee M. 2021. Assessment of the risk factors for vitamin d3 deficiency in chronic hepatitis b patient using the decision tree learning algorithm in birjand. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 23:100519.
- Osmani M, Osmani F, Pourhoseingholi MA. 2019. Comparison of decision tree and logistic regression for prediction of functional dyspepsia and gastroesophageal reflux disease in tehran province using rome iii. Modern Care Journal. 16(4).
- Parvaie P, Majd HS, Ziaee M, Sharifzadeh G, Osmani F. 2020. Evaluation of gum health status in hemophilia patients in birjand (a case-control study). American Journal of Blood Research. 10(3):54.
- Peng X, Xu X, Li Y, Cheng L, Zhou X, Ren B. 2020. Transmission routes of 2019-ncov and controls in dental practice. International journal of oral science. 12(1):1-6.
- Sarkarat F, Tootoonchian A, Hosseinpour M, Moghadasi M, Rakhshan V. 2020. Knowledge of iranian dentists, dental specialists, and dental students towards covid-19: A preliminary survey of 778 subjects. Shiraz E-Medical Journal. 21(12). Taha F, Joseph J, Janakiram C, Puttaiah R. 2015. Dental infection control practices and public perception: A cross-sectional study. Journal of International Oral Health. 7(12):20.
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- Yip H, Tsang P, Samaranayake L, Li A. 2007. Knowledge of and attitudes toward severe acute respiratory syndrome among a cohort of dental patients in hong kong following a major local outbreak. Community dental health. 24(1):43-48.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Health Care Administration |
| Journal Section | Original Research Articles |
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| Publication Date | March 25, 2022 |
| Submission Date | September 12, 2021 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2022Volume: 25 Issue: 1 |
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