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Year 2023, Volume: 33 Issue: 2 - 2023, 33:2, 90 - 95, 14.07.2023

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Evaluation of dental hospital helping staff's awareness of "protective measures to be taken" against the risk of contagion of COVID-19 in Turkey: A cross-sectional Study

Year 2023, Volume: 33 Issue: 2 - 2023, 33:2, 90 - 95, 14.07.2023

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Amaç: Diş hastaneleri Covid-19 bulaş riski açısından yüksek olan çalışma ortamlarıdır. Bu ortamlarda çalışan persone- lin enfeksiyon kontrolü sağlanması amacıyla bilgi düzeylerinin tespit edilmesi önemlidir. Bu çevrimiçi anket çalışması- nın amacı, diş hastanelerinde çalışan sağlık çalışanları harici personelin Covid-19 bulaş yöntemleri ve alınması gereken önlemler hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin ve farkındalıklarının ölçülmesi ve kurumsal eğitimlerin öneminin araştırılmasıdır.
Yöntemler: 30 soruluk çoktan seçmeli ve Evet/Hayır soruları içeren anket çevrimiçi olarak iki ay süre boyunca katılımcılara doldurtulmuştur. Gönüllü anket katılımcıları her grup en az 50 kişi olacak şekilde güvenlik-gö- revlisi, resepsiyon-görevlisi ve/veya sekreterlik, kat-görevlisi ve/veya temizlik-görevlisi ve idari-bölümler olarak belirlenmiştir. Toplanan 285 adet anketin cevapları istatistiksel olarak P<0.05 anlamlılık düzeyinde Ki-kare testi kullanılarak incelenmiştir.
Bulgular: Bulaşma yolları sorulduğunda öksürme (%90.9), hapşırma (%90.2), solunum yolu salgıları (%89.9), damla- cık yolu (%87) ve ellerle temas (%82.8) en çok alınan yanıtlardan olmuştur. Alınan önlemlerin yeterli olduğuna en çok inanan grup kat-görevlisi/temizlik-görevlisi çalışanlarının, en az inanan grubun ise diğer idari-bölümlerde çalışanlar olduğu belirlenmiştir (P1:0.014; P<0.05). Hastanede çalışmaktan dolayı en fazla endişe duyan katılımcıların hasta ile yüz yüze teması olmayan idari kadroda olduğu gözlenmiştir. Katılımcıların bilgi edinme yolları sırasıyla Sağlık bakanlığının yayınladığı bildiriler (%86.3) ve basın-yayın organları yolu (%69.5) ile olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Kurum içi eğitimlerden en fazla faydalanan katılımcıların ise kat-görevlileri olduğu bulunmuştur (P1:0.001; P<0.05).
Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanı harici personelin Covid-19 bulaş ve bulaştan korunma yöntemleri hakkındaki bilgi düzey- lerinin yeterli seviyede olduğu ancak güncel bilgilere kolaylıkla ulaşamadıkları tespit edilmiştir. Güncellenerek tekrarlanacak kurum içi eğitimler ile pandemi döneminde bulaş riskini azaltmak için doğru ve güncel bilgilen- dirmelerin gerekli olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Covid-19; bulaş yolları,kurumsal eğitim; evrensel önlemler, çevrimiçi anket.

ABSTRACT
Objective: Dental-hospitals are with a high risk of Covid-19-transmission. The level of knowledge of staff in these environments is important for infection control. The purpose of this survey is to measure the level of knowledge and awareness of non-healthcare-staff working in dental-hospitals about Covid-19, it’s transmis- sion methods and the precautions to be taken.
Methods: An online survey of 30 questions including multiple-choice and yes/no questions was used for two months. Volunteer survey participants were determined as security-guards, receptionists, housekeepers, and administrative-departments, with at least 50 people in each group. Answers of the collected 285 surveys were statistically analyzed using the chi-square-test at P<0.05 significance level.
Results: Coughing (90.9%), sneezing (90.2%), respiratory secretions (89.9%), droplet-route (87%) and con- tact with hands (82.8%) were the most common responses for transmission-routes. The groups who strongly believed that the measures taken against disease transmission were sufficient were the housekeeper/clean- er-employees, while the group who least believed consisted of employees in administrative-departments (P1:0.014; P<0.05). The participants most worried about working in the hospital were in the administrative-de- partments who did not have face-to-face contact with the patient. The most frequent ways of obtaining in- formation by the participants were the statements published by the Ministry of Health (86.3%) and the media (69.5%). The participants who benefited most from corporate-training were housekeepers (P1:0.001; P<0.05).
Conclusion: It has been determined that the knowledge level of non-healthcare staff about Covid-19-trans- mission and prevention methods is at a sufficient level, but they cannot easily access up-to-date information. Accurate and up-to-date information is necessary to reduce the risk of transmission during the pandemic period, with emphasis on corporate-trainings that will be updated and repeated.
Keywords: Covid-19; Disease Transmission, corporate training; Universal Precautions; online survey.

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  • 15. Gohel KH, Patel PB, Shah PM, Patel JR, Pandit N, Raut A. Knowledge and perceptions about COVID-19 among the medical and allied he- alth science students in India: An online cross-sectional survey. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021;9:104-109. [Crossref]
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Primary Language English
Subjects Restorative Dentistry
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Sevda Öztürk Yeşilırmak This is me

Göksu Trakyalı This is me

Cengiz Özçelik This is me

Publication Date July 14, 2023
Submission Date October 25, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 33 Issue: 2 - 2023, 33:2

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AMA Öztürk Yeşilırmak S, Trakyalı G, Özçelik C. Evaluation of dental hospital helping staff’s awareness of "protective measures to be taken" against the risk of contagion of COVID-19 in Turkey: A cross-sectional Study. Curr Res Dent Sci. July 2023;33(2):90-95.

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