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The relationship between society’s knowledge with dental anxiety and expectations towards dental services during COVID-19 pandemic era
Anggiona Dwi Nawang Sasi1, Isabela Anjani2, Yuanita Lely Rachmawati3.
Introduction: The ease of COVID-19 transmission through droplets from infected individuals can cause dental anx- iety due to the high risk of its exposure during dental visits. High level of health knowledge about a pandemic can help people to reduce the dental anxiety. Society have expectations towards everything related to dental treat- ment and health protocols that are applied especially during the pandemic. Methods: This research was conducted through an online survey with a snowballing sampling technique, and distributed via social media. This survey con- sists of three questionnaires to assess knowledge about COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to asses one’s dental anxiety and expectations towards dental services during pandemic era. Results: 530 respondents have participated in this study. The results showed that the average score of respondents’ knowledge was 9.41, and dominated by high level of knowledge (71.1%). The average score of respondents’ dental anxiety was 12.89, and dominated by no anxiety (72.3%). The average score of resepondents’ expectations was 45.25, and dominated by high level of expectations (97.7%). The results of the Spearman correlation test between the total knowledge score and the total dental anxi- ety score showed significant results (rs=-0.104, p<0.05), the total knowledge score and the total expectations score also showed significant results (rs=0.257, p<0.01). Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between society’s knowledge with dental anxiety and expectations towards dental services during COVID-19 pandemic era.
Affiliation:
- University of Brawijaya Malang, Indonesia
- University of Brawijaya Malang, Indonesia
- University of Brawijaya Malang, Indonesia
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Q4 (Medicine (all)) |
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