Saquib Shahabe, Ibrahim Weam, Othman Ali, Assiri Mohammed, Al-Shari Hamoud, Al-Qarni Ali
Department of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2019 Mar 10;7(5):805-809. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.111. eCollection 2019 Mar 15.
Hepatitis B infection is a universal health problem. Worldwide, 5% of health-care-related injections continued unsafe. Dentist considers being at high-risk group for cross infection. Therefore, their knowledge and practice towards Hepatitis B virus (HBV) positive patients should be at an optimal level.
The current study is aimed to evaluate and comparison of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Saudi dental students and interns towards HBV infection.
A self-explanatory questionnaire comprising of 16 questions was designed to assess and compare students' knowledge, attitude and risk perception regarding hepatitis B infection among dental students across Saudi Arabia.
The response rate was 91.6% the overall knowledge of the participants was poor. The attitude was fair, with the female show a significant difference in attitude and practice (P-value < 0.05). The overall practice was good, 78.1% was vaccinated against HBV, and 73.2% stated that they regularly use personal protection equipment. The higher levels show a good attitude and practice compared with the lower levels; the difference was significant (P value < 0.05).
The overall knowledge was below average, continuous health education courses are mandatory.
乙型肝炎感染是一个全球性的健康问题。在全球范围内，5%与医疗保健相关的注射仍不安全。牙医被认为是交叉感染的高危群体。因此，他们对乙型肝炎病毒（HBV）阳性患者的知识和做法应达到最佳水平。
本研究旨在评估和比较沙特牙科学生和实习生对HBV感染的知识、态度和做法。
设计了一份包含16个问题的自解释问卷，以评估和比较沙特阿拉伯牙科学生对乙型肝炎感染的知识、态度和风险认知。
回复率为91.6%，参与者的整体知识水平较差。态度一般，女性在态度和做法上存在显著差异（P值<0.05）。整体做法良好，78.1%接种了HBV疫苗，73.2%表示他们经常使用个人防护设备。与较低水平相比，较高水平表现出良好的态度和做法；差异显著（P值<0.05）。
整体知识水平低于平均水平，必须持续开展健康教育课程。
