Knowledge about COVID-19 and perception of health safety among mexican dental students

dc.creatorOlivares-Colorado,Jennifer
dc.creatorCarretero-Rodríguez,Mónica
dc.creatorRuíz-Torres,Patricia
dc.creatorCeballos-Santos,Ana F.
dc.creatorBlanco-Zapata,Tania J.
dc.creatorRojas-Mauro,Ramón
dc.creatorGalindo-Reyes,Edith L.
dc.creatorSuárez-Franco,José L.
dc.creatorCerda-Cristerna,Bernardino I.
dc.date2023-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T14:35:35Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:35:35Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2215-34112023000100088
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8822799
dc.descriptionAbstract This study aimed: 1) to investigate sources of information used by students to learn about COVID-19, 2) to investigate levels of knowledge about COVID-19 and about conditions for the treatment of patients during the COVID-19 lockdown, and 3) to evaluate students' perceptions of safety regarding their return to in-person activities at the School of Dentistry. Dental students answered a questionnaire (29 items; n=371) that explored the aims of the study, based on a Likert scale (Cronbach's alpha, 0.778). Data were tested with the Mann-Whitney U test and Kendall's Tau-c. Dental students received information about COVID-19 from the Mexican Health Ministry as their first source (45.28%). Students had good knowledge about the main characteristics of COVID-19, and 59.3% of students had excellent knowledge about the factors relevant to dental treatment of patients. Half of the students said they felt safe regarding a possible return to in-person activities at the dental school, while the other half did not. Statistically significant differences were noted between the students' scholar year and their level of knowledge (P<0.001) and between their perception of safety (very unsafe, unsafe, safe, and very safe) and scholar year (P=0.000). Dental students had good knowledge about COVID-19 and about the dental care for patients during the lockdown. Half of the dental students felt unsafe about a possible return to in-person school activities.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherFacultad de Odontología. Universidad de Costa Rica
dc.relation10.15517/ijds.2022.51244
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceOdovtos International Journal of Dental Sciences v.25 n.1 2023
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCross-sectional study
dc.subjectDental students
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectPerception
dc.titleKnowledge about COVID-19 and perception of health safety among mexican dental students
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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