Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mask Usage Among Patients in a Tertiary Dental Care Center

IF 0.8 Q3 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_187_24

Jinu George, Mereesha Kayyalakkal, Fathimathu T. A. Koppara, R. Christalin, Dhanya Shaji, S. K. Narayanankutty

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice related to mask use among patients visiting a tertiary dental care clinic through a structured self-administered questionnaire. The cross-sectional study comprised dental outpatients at Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala. The questionnaire contained demographics, knowledge, attitudes, and practice questions about COVID-19. Data analysis included Chi-square testing and descriptive statistics. A 99% response rate was achieved with 495 responses. There were 241 (49%) men and 254 (51%) women. The study had the most respondents aged 21 to 40 years (n = 220; 44.4%), followed by people older than 40 years (n = 204; 41.2%) and younger than 20 years (n = 71; 14.3%). There were statistically significant differences in age, education, and occupation with knowledge and significant differences in attitude and practice by occupation. This study suggests that dental patients are knowledgeable about health issues and disease prevention strategies. Positive attitudes toward infection prevention in dental clinics with higher levels of prevention practices against COVID-19 transmission rates were reported.

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一家三级牙科护理中心患者使用口罩的知识、态度和实践

ABSTRACT 该研究旨在通过结构化自填式问卷，评估在一家三级牙科保健诊所就诊的患者对口罩使用的相关知识、态度和做法。这项横断面研究的对象是喀拉拉邦特里苏尔政府医学院的牙科门诊患者。问卷包含有关 COVID-19 的人口统计学、知识、态度和实践问题。数据分析包括卡方检验和描述性统计。共有 495 份回复，回复率为 99%。其中男性 241 人（占 49%），女性 254 人（占 51%）。研究中年龄在 21-40 岁之间的受访者最多（220 人；44.4%），其次是 40 岁以上（204 人；41.2%）和 20 岁以下（71 人；14.3%）。在知识方面，年龄、教育程度和职业的差异有统计学意义，而在态度和实践方面，职业的差异也很明显。这项研究表明，牙科患者对健康问题和疾病预防策略有一定的了解。据报告，牙科诊所对预防感染持积极态度，对 COVID-19 传播率的预防实践水平较高。

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Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY-

CiteScore

1.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

275

审稿时长

34 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences is a Quarterly multidisciplinary open access biomedical journal. Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences is an international medium of interaction between scientist, academicians and industrial personnel’s.JPBS is now offial publication of OPUBS.