Sharma Poonam, Dhawan Preeti, Rajpal Sumeet, Bhat Anu
Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, BRS Dental College, Sultanpur, Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021 Sep-Oct;14(5):693-699. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2041.
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of parents regarding the coronavirus outbreak and to assess the change in attitude and perception toward dental treatment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A structured questionnaire (on google format) containing 13 questions was used, and each question had 2 or 3 possible answers. The parents/guardians of children (aged 3-14 years) who were school-going were eligible to participate in this study. A total of 800 parents/guardians were interviewed on google reporting format from June to December 2020. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 800 parents/guardians of children, aged 3-14 years, studying in different schools in Chandigarh. According to the survey, a total of 86% of respondents said that they paid high attention to COVID-19 and explained it to their children; 97% reported that they emphasized the importance of hand hygiene and sanitation during the outbreak; 72% admitted that the outbreak has made them more conscious of the importance of maintaining good oral health and hygiene, to avoid visiting the dentist and 84% felt that the routine dental check-ups and appointments should be avoided during the COVID-19 outbreak; almost half of the respondents (47%) thought that the dental environment was a potential source of infection to their kids; 37% felt getting treatment at a dental setup may expose their child to risks of COVID-19; 71% said they would take their child to a dental department if he/she had a severe toothache. Approximately 46% of the respondents expressed confidence about the preventive measures taken in the dental department to ensure safe treatment for their children. In conclusion, all respondents were concerned about COVID-19 and most of them had talked about it with their children often. In addition, a considerable percentage of them showed apprehensions about the preventive measures being taken at the dental operatory and thought that the dental environment could be more dangerous than other environments.
Sharma P, Dhawan P, Rajpal S, Knowledge, Attitudes and Perception of Parents toward Dental Treatment of Children during the COVID-19 Outbreak. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(5):693-699.
本研究旨在评估家长对新冠病毒爆发的了解程度，并评估在冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间家长对牙科治疗的态度和认知变化。使用了一份包含13个问题的结构化问卷（谷歌格式），每个问题有2或3个可能的答案。就读学校的3至14岁儿童的家长/监护人有资格参与本研究。2020年6月至12月，通过谷歌报告格式对800名家长/监护人进行了访谈。采用简单随机抽样技术，从昌迪加尔不同学校中选取800名3至14岁儿童的家长/监护人。根据调查，共有86%的受访者表示他们高度关注COVID-19并向孩子进行了解释；97%报告称他们在疫情爆发期间强调了手部卫生和环境卫生的重要性；72%承认疫情使他们更加意识到保持良好口腔健康和卫生的重要性，以避免看牙医，84%认为在COVID-19爆发期间应避免常规的牙科检查和预约；近一半的受访者（47%）认为牙科环境是孩子潜在的感染源；37%觉得在牙科机构接受治疗可能使孩子面临感染COVID-19的风险；71%表示如果孩子牙痛严重，他们会带孩子去牙科科室。约46%的受访者对牙科科室采取的确保孩子安全治疗的预防措施表示有信心。总之，所有受访者都关注COVID-19，且大多数人经常与孩子谈论此事。此外，相当一部分人对牙科诊疗室采取的预防措施表示担忧，并认为牙科环境可能比其他环境更危险。
夏尔马P、达万P、拉杰帕尔S，《COVID-19爆发期间家长对儿童牙科治疗的知识、态度和认知》。《国际临床儿科牙科杂志》2021年；14(5):693 - 699。
