Aljarbou Fahd A, Bukhary Sundus M, Althemery Abdullah U, Alqedairi Abdullah S
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.
Sundus M Bukhary, BDS, MSc. Lecturer, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):503-509. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3768.
To investigate the clinical dental students' knowledge on the proper dental setting during COVID-19.
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.
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).
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.
调查临床牙科学生对COVID-19期间正确牙科诊疗环境的了解情况。
采用多中心横断面研究,于2020年4月向两所牙科学院的高年级牙科学生发放了一份包含10个条目的问卷。问卷包括三个主要领域:人口统计学问题、调查学生在COVID-19期间获取正确牙科诊疗环境建议的问题以及具体建议问题。
问卷共发放给654名临床牙科学生,总回复人数为267人,回复率为40.83%。总体知识平均分较低(1±0.92)。性别不是影响知识得分的统计学显著因素(P>0.05)。大多数参与者从未访问过沙特疾病预防控制中心(沙特疾控中心)网站,也未获得关于COVID-19期间正确牙科诊疗操作的指导或建议。知识平均分与获取知识变量之间存在统计学显著关系(P<0.05)。
值得注意的是,临床牙科学生对沙特疾控中心指南推荐的COVID-19大流行期间正确牙科诊疗环境的了解较少,他们必须从可靠来源获得足够的知识,以克服自身不足,比如需要一个结构完善且动态更新的课程体系。