Diş Hekimliği Hastaları ve Yakınlarının COVID-19 Salgını ile İlgili Bilgi, Tutum ve Algıları

Abstract

Amaç: Bu kesitsel anket çalışmasının amacı, diş hekimliği hastaları ve yakınlarının koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 (COVID-19) pandemisine yönelik davranış ve öngörüleri hakkında somut sorular aracılığıyla tutum, algı, farkındalık ve bilgi düzeylerini araştırmaktır.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Anket, COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında diş hastanesine başvuran 292 hasta ve yakınlarına yüz yüze uygulanmıştır. Veriler tek değişkenli ve çok değişkenli regresyon analizleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Anket değişkenleri arasında demografik özellikler, komorbiditeler, pandemi döneminde koruyucu önlemlere uyum, koronavirüs enfeksiyonu durumunda hastalık şiddeti öngörüsü, hastaneye başvuru davranışları, yakınında koronavirüs enfeksiyonu varlığı ve yakının yaşadığı hastalığın şiddeti ve diş hekimliği müdahalelerinde bulaş riski yer almaktadır.

Bulgular: Katılımcılar, doğru alanda maske kullanımına yüksek oranda uyum gösterdi (%77,4). Genel olarak pandemi döneminde kadınların tutum, bilgi ve algı düzeyleri erkeklerden daha yüksekti. İleri yaş (55-85 yaş) ve komorbiditesi olan katılımcılar, koronavirüs enfeksiyonu durumunda daha ciddi şekilde hastalanacaklarını öngördüler ancak bilgi, farkındalık, tutum ve algı düzeyleri genç yaş grubundan daha düşüktü. Eğitim düzeyi düşük ve ek hastalıkları olan katılımcıların genel olarak bilgi, tutum ve algılarının eğitim düzeyi yüksek ve komorbiditesi olmayanlardan daha düşük olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.

Sonuç: Koruyucu önlemlere tam uyumu sağlamak ve farkındalık oluşturmak için bilgilendirici kampanyalar öncelikle erkek, düşük eğitimli, komorbid ve yaşlı bireyleri bilgilendirmeyi hedeflemelidir.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• bilgi
• algı
• tutum
• pandemi

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF DENTISTRY PATIENTS AND THEIR RELATIVES ABOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to investigate the attitudes, perceptions, awareness, and knowledge of dental patients and their relatives through concrete questions about behavior and prediction patterns among the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Material and Methods: The questionnaire was administered face-to-face to 292 patients and their relatives who applied to the dental hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were run through univariate and multivariable regression analyses. Survey variables include demographics, comorbidities, compliance with protective measures, prediction of disease severity in case of coronavirus infection, hospital admission behaviors, the presence of coronavirus infection in the relative and the severity of the disease experienced by the relative and the risk of transmission in dentistry interventions during the pandemic.

Results: Participants showed high compliance with the use of masks in the proper area (77.4%). Generally, women's attitudes, knowledge, and perception levels were higher than men during the pandemic. Participants in the elderly age group (55-85 years) and with comorbidities predicted that they would get more seriously ill in case of coronavirus infection, but their knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and perception levels were lower than younger age groups. It was revealed that the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of the participants with low education levels and existing comorbidities were lower in general than high educated and non-comorbid participants.

Conclusion: In order to ensure full compliance with the protective measures, awareness and informative campaigns should primarily aim to inform male, low educated, comorbid, and elderly individuals.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• knowledge
• perception
• attitude
• pandemic

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