Knowledge and Apprehension of Dental Patients about MERS-A Questionnaire Survey

Ashok, Nipun; Rodrigues, Jean C; Azouni, Khalid G; Darwish, Shorouk; Abuderman, Abdulwahab; Alkaabba, Abdulaziz; Tarakji, Bassel

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/17519.7790

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“…It might be attributed that females were more apprehensive about undergoing dental treatment procedures because of acute viral respiratory tract infections than their male counterparts. 7 Meanwhile, the present study observed some patients who were not in an emergency (18.3%) went to the dental emergency center before the COVID-19 epidemic. That could be attributed that the dental emergency center is convenient to care accessibility for a population with difficulty in accessing general dental services, and the basic dental fees are the same regardless of the type of practice (elective/urgency) in China.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the utilization of emergency dental services

Guo

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2020

Journal of Dental Sciences

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The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the utilization of emergency dental services

Guo

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2020

Journal of Dental Sciences

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“…Natural pandemics, principally those with high rates of infection and mortality, are often responsible of the onset of fear and anxiety. Considering previous similar infectious diseases outbreaks, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), several studies have shown their role in the occurrence of psychological implication, apprehension and distress both in healthcare workers and in patients [ 22 , 23 , 24 ].…”

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Italian Response to Coronavirus Pandemic in Dental Care Access: The DeCADE Study

Aquilanti

Gallegati

Temperini

et al. 2020

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the willingness, anxiety and concerns of Italian people on undergoing dental appointments. An anonymous survey was posted online on social media on 11 May 2020 and was completed by 1003 respondents in one week. Multiple correspondence analysis and multiple logistic regression were used to evaluate the association between socio-demographic characteristics, dental care access, contagion fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), trust in dentists regarding sanitization procedures and perception of the impact of the risk of contagion on dental care. Subjects with a high level of education, attending public dental offices and that are used to go to dental offices for urgent care would not feel comfortable in undergoing a dental appointment and would prefer to postpone or cancel dental visits, waiting for a decrease in the number of the contagions. Moreover, the risk of canceling or postponing the appointment at the dentist was 1.59 times greater in those who claimed to be strongly influenced by SARS-CoV-2. Fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), new cases decrease and the not urgent nature of dental visits influenced more than the lowered income household on upcoming or resuming dental appointments. In the next months, despite the forecasted economic crisis caused by coronavirus pandemic, fear and anxiety generated by the spread of the virus will impact more than the lowered familiar income with regards to access to dental care.

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“…Studies have been conducted previously on the knowledge and attitude of dental patients regarding other infections that similarly spread through aerosols, macrodroplets, and sharing of equipment’s, 18 including severe acute respiratory syndrome 19 and Middle East respiratory syndrome. 20 These studies found that patients were aware of how these infections spread, and they have significant concerns regarding undergoing dental treatment because of the fear of getting infected. If dental practices are expected to continue providing quality dental services to their patients, it is essential that the understanding of patients regarding the means of spread of coronavirus disease should also be assessed.…”

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Evaluation of Patient’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cross-Infection Control in Dentistry during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the patient’s knowledge, attitude, and practice of cross-infection control in dentistry during coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19). Materials and Methods This cross-sectional observational study was conducted at Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi from June 2020 to August 2020. A total of 775 patients participated to fill questionnaire. After scrutiny, 25 questionnaire forms were excluded due to incomplete information. Questionnaire was divided in to four sections. First section obtained patients sociodemographic information, while knowledge of patients regarding cross-infection control during COVID-19 pandemic was evaluated in second section. Similarly, the purpose of third section was to assess attitude and fourth section was designed to evaluate practice. Likert’s 3-point scale was used for registration of participant’s response. The reliability of questionnaire was assessed through Crohnbach’s α (α = 0.74). Statistical analysis was performed after entering data in to SPSS version 25. Independent t-test was used to evaluate the difference in patients’ knowledge, attitude, and practice. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results Majority of the participants agreed that COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease (631, 97%) and daily screening of staff, dental assistants, dentists, and patients is necessary (568, 75.7%) along with proper sterilization of instruments and disinfection of dental operatory (650, 86.66%). A large number of participant also agreed that proper disposal of waste is utmost important for cross-infection control (601, 80.24%) and patient's waiting area should also be marked with social distancing sign (620, 82.66%). However, when asked about the common route of COVID-19 transmission in dentistry, 341 (45.5%) participants disagreed that it is not through aerosol (water droplets) generated during dental procedures. Conclusions Dental health professionals should take additional measures to educate dental patients on mechanism of potential spread of COVID-19 through the aerosols and droplets generated during dental procedures. They should also encourage the dental patients to be vigilant and question the cross-infection control measures practiced by the dentist to whom they go for dental treatment, and to decrease their chances of acquiring an infection during their visit to the dental office.

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Knowledge and Apprehension of Dental Patients about MERS-A Questionnaire Survey

Cited by 35 publications

References 14 publications

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the utilization of emergency dental services

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the utilization of emergency dental services

Italian Response to Coronavirus Pandemic in Dental Care Access: The DeCADE Study

Evaluation of Patient’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cross-Infection Control in Dentistry during COVID-19 Pandemic

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