Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19
Introduction: Rubber dam isolation is a dental procedure that ensures biosafety and the quality of restorative treatments; however, no appropriate tool is available to evaluate the topic in Peruvian reality. Objective: Design and validate a scale to evaluate the attitude of Peruvian dentists toward...
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| author | Juan Pablo Portocarrero-Mondragón Bryan Alexis Cossio-Alva Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Oscar J. Mamani-Benito Renzo Felipe Carranza-Esteban |
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| description | Introduction: Rubber dam isolation is a dental procedure that ensures biosafety and the quality of restorative treatments; however, no appropriate tool is available to evaluate the topic in Peruvian reality.
Objective: Design and validate a scale to evaluate the attitude of Peruvian dentists toward rubber dam isolation.
Methods: An instrumental cross-sectional study was conducted. The scale was applied through a virtual questionnaire and then distributed on social networks to 279 dentists (143 women and 136 men) selected by intentional nonprobability sampling. Age ranged from 22 to 67 years.
Results: Aiken's V coefficient values were favorable for all items. Exploratory factor analysis showed the presence of a single factor. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested deletion of items 1 and 7. Reliability of the scale proved to be good. It was estimated with a Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.71.
Conclusions: The scale about attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward rubber dam isolation (Act-AA-Cov19) is a brief, valid and reliable measurement which may be used for research purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51d7a5c116b142c0902aeb2bb69573132024-02-06T21:36:25ZengEditorial Ciencias MédicasRevista Cubana de Estomatología0034-75071561-297X2022-04-01592e4036e40361189Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19Juan Pablo Portocarrero-Mondragón0Bryan Alexis Cossio-Alva1Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes2Oscar J. Mamani-Benito3Renzo Felipe Carranza-Esteban4Universidad Señor de Sipán. Chiclayo, Perú.Universidad Científica del Sur, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Estomatología. Lima, Perú.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma, Hospital General Universitario “Carlos Manuel de Céspedes”. Granma, Cuba.Universidad Peruana Unión. Juliaca, Perú.Universidad “San Ignacio de Loyola”. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Grupo de Investigación Avances en Investigación Psicológica. Lima, Perú.Introduction: Rubber dam isolation is a dental procedure that ensures biosafety and the quality of restorative treatments; however, no appropriate tool is available to evaluate the topic in Peruvian reality. Objective: Design and validate a scale to evaluate the attitude of Peruvian dentists toward rubber dam isolation. Methods: An instrumental cross-sectional study was conducted. The scale was applied through a virtual questionnaire and then distributed on social networks to 279 dentists (143 women and 136 men) selected by intentional nonprobability sampling. Age ranged from 22 to 67 years. Results: Aiken's V coefficient values were favorable for all items. Exploratory factor analysis showed the presence of a single factor. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested deletion of items 1 and 7. Reliability of the scale proved to be good. It was estimated with a Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.71. Conclusions: The scale about attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward rubber dam isolation (Act-AA-Cov19) is a brief, valid and reliable measurement which may be used for research purposes.https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/4036estudio de validaciónactitudodontólogosencuestas y cuestionariosreproductibilidad de los resultados. |
| spellingShingle | Juan Pablo Portocarrero-Mondragón Bryan Alexis Cossio-Alva Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Oscar J. Mamani-Benito Renzo Felipe Carranza-Esteban Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19 Revista Cubana de Estomatología estudio de validación actitud odontólogos encuestas y cuestionarios reproductibilidad de los resultados. |
| title | Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19 |
| title_full | Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19 |
| title_short | Attitudes of Peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation. Design and validation of a scale in the time of COVID-19 |
| title_sort | attitudes of peruvian dentists toward absolute isolation design and validation of a scale in the time of covid 19 |
| topic | estudio de validación actitud odontólogos encuestas y cuestionarios reproductibilidad de los resultados. |
| url | https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/4036 |
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