Awareness and attitude toward COVID-19 among the students of a rural tertiary care center and dental college: A cross-sectional study

Adhershitha, AR; Viswambharan, Prasanth; Rodrigues, Sheela Virginia

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“…The disease then started to spread beyond Wuhan to all regions of China and later worldwide. As of September 2020, globally, more than 30.6 million cases were confirmed and 950,000 deaths were reported to WHO (Adhershitha et al, 2020). The clinical features apart from stress include fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, confusion, headache, sore throat, rhinorrhoea, chest pain, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting.…”

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Prevalence Of Perceived Stress, Due To COVID-19 Among Faculties Of Government Dental Colleges In Kerala, India

2021

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The purpose of this cross-sectional web-based study was to assess the prevalence of perceived stress among dental faculties of Government Dental Colleges across the state of Kerala, India, during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has a huge impact on both physical and psychological well-being of persons all over the world. Human transmission of this disease occurs mainly through droplet inhalation and hence, direct contact with mucous membranes and saliva is considered risky. The study was conducted using a five-point scale PSS10 (Perceived Stress Scale) questionnaire. Comparison between study groups (gender and age group) with continuous variables (PSS score) was done using independent t test. The chi-square test was used to compare the age group and gender with PSS categories; low, moderate and high. The mean PSS score of the respondents was 17.43 ± 6.45 with a range from 2 to 35 with women having higher mean stress scores (18.15 ± 6.54) compared to men (16.46 ± 6.24). Participants aged 40 years and less reported higher PSS scores (18.60 ± 6.40) compared to the older age group (16.14 ± 6.30). Since varying amounts of stress are present in ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Prevalence Of Perceived Stress, Due To COVID-19 Among Faculties Of Government Dental Colleges In Kerala, India

2021

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Attitude Towards Covid-19 in Dental College Population: A Cross Sectional Study.

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Introduction: In this COVID -19 pandemic dentists are at high risk of cross-infection. The dental practice is a source of cross contamination in the absence of adequate preventive measures. As COVID -19 is highly contagious and use of air rotors adds to air born route for transmission and dentist's proximity to the oropharyngeal area of the patient, a dental professional is always at higher risk. Therefore all the dental students and professionals should be competent with knowledge and must be aware of precautionary methods, social distancing, sanitization and vaccination. Aim: The present study is aimed to assess the attitude towards COVID-19 in dental college population Materials & Methods: This study was conducted among 200 participants, the faculties and students in a dental college. A ten questions multiple choice questionnaire form was prepared on effect of COVID-19 on participant's life and distributed among the participants who were divided into two groups as faculty & students, in the dental college and their response was tabulated and analyzed. Results: The results of this study suggested that majority of participants of both the groups strictly followed precautionary measures, followed social distancing, taken both the doses of vaccination and showed positive attitude towards prevention of further spread of corona virus. Conclusion: The participants in this study seemed to be aware of the detrimental effects of COVID-19 and had good knowledge, attitude and selfcare practice, which are necessary in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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Awareness and attitude toward COVID-19 among the students of a rural tertiary care center and dental college: A cross-sectional study

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Prevalence Of Perceived Stress, Due To COVID-19 Among Faculties Of Government Dental Colleges In Kerala, India

Prevalence Of Perceived Stress, Due To COVID-19 Among Faculties Of Government Dental Colleges In Kerala, India

Attitude Towards Covid-19 in Dental College Population: A Cross Sectional Study.

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