Silva-Robles Geanella, Briceño-Vergel Gissela, Aroste-Andía Rosa, Hernández-Huamaní Emily, Ladera-Castañeda Marysela, Castro-Rojas Miriam, Gavilán-Chávez Percy, Cervantes-Ganoza Luis, Cayo-Rojas César
School of Stomatology, Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, Peru.
School of Stomatology, Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Ica, Peru.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 17;15(1):2280. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86155-z.
Despite maintaining a lower mortality rate and greater control of victims infected by COVID-19, the world's population and science are still confronted with this coronavirus. Therefore, the aim was to assess the association between sociodemographic factors and the level of knowledge and attitudes of dental students regarding disinfection as a control measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study evaluated 503 dental students from the capital city and one Peruvian province between February and June 2022. A validated 13-item questionnaire was used. A Poisson regression model with robust variance was used to evaluate the influence of the variables sex, age, year of study, marital status, place of origin, death of a family member due to COVID-19, and history of COVID-19, with the level of knowledge and attitudes of the dental students, considering a significance level of p < 0.05. Of the total participants, 14.3% showed sufficient knowledge, and 89.3% showed positive attitudes regarding disinfection as a control measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, those from the capital city were 52% less likely to have sufficient knowledge regarding disinfection as a control measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19, compared to those from the province (APR = 0.48; 95% CI: 0.31-0.75). Moreover, none of the variables considered in this study were significantly associated with attitudes toward this topic (p > 0.05). A minority of dental students presented sufficient knowledge, while the majority presented positive attitudes regarding disinfection as a control measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In addition, being from the capital city was a limiting factor for sufficient knowledge. The variables sex, age, year of study, marital status, place of origin, death of a family member due to COVID-19, and history of COVID-19 were not influential factors for positive attitudes on this topic.
尽管在降低新冠肺炎感染受害者的死亡率和加强防控方面取得了成效，但全球人口和科学界仍面临着这种冠状病毒的挑战。因此，本研究旨在评估社会人口学因素与牙科学生对作为减少新冠肺炎传播控制措施的消毒知识水平和态度之间的关联。这项横断面研究在2022年2月至6月期间对来自秘鲁首都和一个省份的503名牙科学生进行了评估。使用了一份经过验证的包含13个条目的问卷。采用具有稳健方差的泊松回归模型，以p < 0.05为显著性水平，评估性别、年龄、学习年份、婚姻状况、出生地、家庭成员因新冠肺炎死亡以及新冠肺炎病史等变量对牙科学生知识水平和态度的影响。在所有参与者中，14.3%的人表现出足够的知识，89.3%的人对作为减少新冠肺炎传播控制措施的消毒持积极态度。此外，与来自该省份的学生相比，来自首都的学生对作为减少新冠肺炎传播控制措施的消毒有足够知识的可能性低52%（风险比=0.48；95%置信区间：0.31 - 0.7
