Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The world is currently facing a pandemic crisis due to a novel coronavirus. For this purpose, acquiring updated knowledge regarding prevention and disinfection during the current pandemic is necessary for every dental practitioner. In our study, we aimed to evaluate globally the level of knowledge a...
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| author | Shaur Sarfaraz Juzer Shabbir Muhammad Adeel Mudasser Zohaib Khurshid Ahmed Adel A. Al-Quraini Maria Shakoor Abbasi Jithendra Ratnayake Muhammad Sohail Zafar |
| author_facet | Shaur Sarfaraz Juzer Shabbir Muhammad Adeel Mudasser Zohaib Khurshid Ahmed Adel A. Al-Quraini Maria Shakoor Abbasi Jithendra Ratnayake Muhammad Sohail Zafar |
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| description | The world is currently facing a pandemic crisis due to a novel coronavirus. For this purpose, acquiring updated knowledge regarding prevention and disinfection during the current pandemic is necessary for every dental practitioner. In our study, we aimed to evaluate globally the level of knowledge and the attitude of dental practitioners related to disinfection. A total of 385 participants out of 401 participants from 23 different countries across the world were included in the final analysis after the exclusion of incomplete responses. The majority of the dentists who responded were females (53.8%) and were practicing at private health institutes (36.4%). The mean knowledge score of the participants was estimated to be 4.19 ± 1.88 out of 12, reflecting insufficient knowledge, and the mean attitude score of the participants was estimated to be 12.24 ± 3.23 out of 15, which shows a positive attitude toward disinfection practices during coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Thus, the current study indicated a lack of knowledge in fundamental aspects of disinfection protocols with a significant and positive attitude from dental health professionals toward disinfection regarding the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03b07313530f44b697c5c67277d2fa0f2023-11-20T07:55:55ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-07-018323210.3390/healthcare8030232Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 PandemicShaur Sarfaraz0Juzer Shabbir1Muhammad Adeel Mudasser2Zohaib Khurshid3Ahmed Adel A. Al-Quraini4Maria Shakoor Abbasi5Jithendra Ratnayake6Muhammad Sohail Zafar7Institute of Medical Education, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi 75510, PakistanOperative Dentistry Department, Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi 75290, PakistanDr. Ishrat-Ul-Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi 74200, PakistanDepartment of Prosthodontics and Dental Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Dental Hospital, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 319825, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Prosthodontics, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi 75500, PakistanDepartment of Oral Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New ZealandDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al-Madina Al-Munawwarah 41311, Saudi ArabiaThe world is currently facing a pandemic crisis due to a novel coronavirus. For this purpose, acquiring updated knowledge regarding prevention and disinfection during the current pandemic is necessary for every dental practitioner. In our study, we aimed to evaluate globally the level of knowledge and the attitude of dental practitioners related to disinfection. A total of 385 participants out of 401 participants from 23 different countries across the world were included in the final analysis after the exclusion of incomplete responses. The majority of the dentists who responded were females (53.8%) and were practicing at private health institutes (36.4%). The mean knowledge score of the participants was estimated to be 4.19 ± 1.88 out of 12, reflecting insufficient knowledge, and the mean attitude score of the participants was estimated to be 12.24 ± 3.23 out of 15, which shows a positive attitude toward disinfection practices during coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Thus, the current study indicated a lack of knowledge in fundamental aspects of disinfection protocols with a significant and positive attitude from dental health professionals toward disinfection regarding the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/232disinfectionSAR-CoV-2surfaceshygieneCOVID-19dentistry |
| spellingShingle | Shaur Sarfaraz Juzer Shabbir Muhammad Adeel Mudasser Zohaib Khurshid Ahmed Adel A. Al-Quraini Maria Shakoor Abbasi Jithendra Ratnayake Muhammad Sohail Zafar Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare disinfection SAR-CoV-2 surfaces hygiene COVID-19 dentistry |
| title | Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Practitioners Related to Disinfection during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | knowledge and attitude of dental practitioners related to disinfection during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | disinfection SAR-CoV-2 surfaces hygiene COVID-19 dentistry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/232 |
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