Almutairi Nada Faleh, Almaymuni Amani Abdullah, Thomas Julie Toby, Thomas Toby, Almalki Abdullah, Uthappa Roshan
College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 25;19(1):210. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010210.
The healthcare policy changes need to be updated for better management of the COVID-19 outbreak; hence, there is an urgent need to understand the knowledge and preparedness of healthcare workers regarding the infection control COVID-19. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the knowledge and preparedness towards COVID-19 among dentists, undergraduate, and postgraduates in dental universities one year after the COVID-19 outbreak. The multi-centric cross-sectional study was conducted by evaluating 395 structured, pre-coded, and validated questionnaires obtained from sample units comprising full-time dental students (undergraduates, interns, and postgraduates) and dentists who were currently in practice and who were able to comprehend the languages English or Arabic. The first part of the questionnaire included questions related to demographic characteristics. The second part of the survey consisted of questions that address knowledge concerning COVID-19. The third part of the survey addressed questions based on the preparedness to fight against COVID-19 including sharp injuries during this period. Comparing the knowledge scores of dentists, dental undergraduates, and postgraduates using the ANOVA test, dentists have higher knowledge and preparedness scores than postgraduates and undergraduates (-value < 0.05). Univariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that undergraduates and postgraduates were 2.567 and 1.352 times less aware of the personal protective measures against COVID-19 than dentists, respectively. Dentists had the comparatively better perception in knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 than undergraduates and postgraduates.
为了更好地应对新冠疫情，医疗保健政策需要更新；因此，迫切需要了解医护人员关于新冠疫情感染控制的知识和准备情况。所以，本研究旨在评估新冠疫情爆发一年后，牙科大学的牙医、本科生和研究生对新冠疫情的知识和准备情况。这项多中心横断面研究通过评估从样本单位获得的395份结构化、预编码且经过验证的问卷来进行，样本单位包括全日制牙科学生（本科生、实习生和研究生）以及目前正在执业且能理解英语或阿拉伯语的牙医。问卷的第一部分包括与人口统计学特征相关的问题。调查的第二部分由涉及新冠疫情知识的问题组成。调查的第三部分基于抗击新冠疫情的准备情况提出问题，包括在此期间的锐器伤。使用方差分析比较牙医、牙科本科生和研究生的知识得分，牙医的知识和准备得分高于研究生和本科生（P值<0.05）。单因素逻辑回归分析表明，本科生和研究生对新冠疫情个人防护措施的知晓程度分别比牙医低2.567倍和1.352倍。与本科生和研究生相比，牙医对新冠疫情的知识和认知程度相对更好。
