Evaluation of attitudes and knowledge levels of dental students regarding COVID-19

Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Patients Towards COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Aras et al reported that most of the dental students (76.4%) obtain information about COVID-19 from the reports of the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO). 18 The dentists had reached information about the disease mostly from personal websites/social media accounts (96.27%) and from the Ministry of Health and WHO (91.37%) in the study of Duruk et al In this study, social media (51.1%) and Ministry of Health (41%) reports are the 2 most used methods by the participants. 15 Though personal websites/social media accounts were used frequently and easily by individuals, for the most reliable and accurate information, people should only access the websites of official and scientific organizations.…”

“…14 Research on the knowledge and attitudes of dentists and dental students has been conducted in the literature, but there have been few studies on dental patients' knowledge and attitudes concerning COVID-19. [15][16][17][18] The purpose of this study was to assess dental patients' general knowledge and attitudes concerning COVID-19 in this context.…”

“…In the study by Aras et al conducted with dental students, 11.8% of individuals were in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. 17,18 To protect from COVID-19 and prevent its spread, it is important to have reliable and true information about the disease. Aras et al reported that most of the dental students (76.4%) obtain information about COVID-19 from the reports of the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO).…”

“…Similar to literature wearing, a mask and physical distancing were the 2 most commonly used protective methods by the participants in this study (93.5%, 91.8% respectively). 15,17,18 Most affected patients from COVID-19 have mild to no symptoms, and fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing are the major symptoms of COVID-19 that have been publicly reported. Nowadays it has been stated that symptoms such as ageusia, anosmia, and headache are important to suspect the possibility of the patient being infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.…”

Conocimiento y actitud sobre el COVID-19 en estudiantes de la de la escuela profesional de Estomatologia de la Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista – 2021

“…En el presente estudio se encuestó a 115 estudiantes de Estomatología comprendidos entre el sexto ciclo al décimo ciclo, utilizando una muestra probabilística similar a los estudios de Karaaslan y col. 17 (130) y Aras y col. 20 (144).Por otro lado Bennardo y col. 12 realizaron un estudio con una muestra menor de 72 estudiantes.…”