Baseer Mohammad-Abdul, Ansari Shahzeb-Hasan, AlShamrani Sultan-Saleh, Alakras Abdul-Rahman, Mahrous Raif, Alenazi Abdul-Majeed
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry And Pharmacy, An-namuthajiya Campus, P. O Box: 84891, Riyadh 11681, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Lecturer, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Riyadh Colleges Of Dentistry And Pharmacy, An-namuthajiya Campus, P. O Box: 84891, Riyadh 11681, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Clin Exp Dent. 2016 Oct 1;8(4):e379-e387. doi: 10.4317/jced.52811. eCollection 2016 Oct.
This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of airborne and droplet isolation precautions among Dental Health Professionals (DHPs) (dental students, interns, practitioners and auxiliaries) during the outbreak of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), corona virus infection in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 406 dental health professionals (DHPs) working in selected dental facilities in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia during the outbreak of MERS (April-June 2013). A structured, close-ended, self-administered questionnaire explored the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards droplet and isolation precautions. Collected data was subjected to descriptive statistics to express demographic information, mean knowledge score, mean attitude score and practice score of DHPs. Inferential statistics (Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis tests, p < 0.05) were used to examine differences between study variables. Spearman's rho correlation was used to identify the association between the knowledge-attitude, knowledge-practice, and attitude-practice.
A response rate of rate of 90.22% (406 out of 452) was obtained. The mean scores of knowledge, attitude and practice were 10.61 ± 1.19, 50.54 ± 7.53 and 8.50 ± 2.14 respectively. Spearman's correlation test revealed a significant linear positive correlation between knowledge and attitude (r-0.501, - 0.01), knowledge and practice (r-0.185, -0.01) and attitude and practice (r-0.351, - 0.01) of DHPs about airborne isolation precautions.
Dental health professionals considered in the present study showed good knowledge, positive attitude and good practice towards droplet and airborne isolation precautions during outbreak of MERS. Knowledge, attitude, practice, droplet, airborne, precaution, dental professionals.
本研究旨在确定在沙特阿拉伯利雅得市中东呼吸综合征（MERS，冠状病毒感染）爆发期间，牙科保健专业人员（牙科学生、实习生、从业者和辅助人员）对空气传播和飞沫隔离预防措施的知识、态度和实践情况。
在沙特阿拉伯利雅得市MERS爆发期间（2013年4月至6月），对在选定牙科机构工作的406名牙科保健专业人员进行了横断面调查。一份结构化、封闭式、自我管理的问卷探讨了对飞沫和隔离预防措施的知识、态度和实践情况。收集的数据进行描述性统计，以表达牙科保健专业人员的人口统计学信息、平均知识得分、平均态度得分和实践得分。使用推断统计（曼-惠特尼U检验和克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验，p<0.05）来检验研究变量之间的差异。使用斯皮尔曼等级相关来确定知识-态度、知识-实践和态度-实践之间的关联。
获得了90.22%（452人中的406人）的回复率。知识、态度和实践的平均得分分别为10.61±1.19、50.54±7.53和8.50±2.14。斯皮尔曼相关性检验显示，牙科保健专业人员在空气传播隔离预防措施方面的知识与态度（r = 0.501，p<0.01）、知识与实践（r = 0.185，p<0.01）以及态度与实践（r = 0.351，p<0.01）之间存在显著的线性正相关。
本研究中的牙科保健专业人员在MERS爆发期间对飞沫和空气传播隔离预防措施表现出良好的知识、积极的态度和良好的实践。知识、态度、实践、飞沫、空气传播、预防措施、牙科专业人员。
