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Correlation between dentists’ knowledge and management of dental patients toward COVID-19 pandemic in Badung Regen- cy, Bali
Ni Putu Kristiana Pratiwi1, Mia Ayustina Prasetya2, Eka Pramudita Ramadhany3.
Introduction: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an epidemic that is currently advancing rapidly in the world. The coronavirus transmission can be through several routes such as droplets, airborne, indirect contacts, fecal-oral, maternal, and aerosols. Dentist is considered as a high risk occupation regarding the corona virus transmission be- cause most of in office dental procedures will generate aerosols, droplets, and airborne contamination. The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between the dentists’ level of knowledge and management of dental patients toward COVID-19 pandemic at their private practices in Badung Regency, Bali. Methods: This study is a quantitative study with a cross sectional analytic design through online questionnaires on 94 respondents. The chi-square test was conducted to analyze the data. Results: The result of this study is 52% (49 out of 94) respondents have a good level of knowledge and 66% (62 out of 94) respondents conduct good patient management. The chi-square analysis shows that there is a significant correlation between the dentist’ level of knowledge with the dental patient management (p value = 0.000). Conclusion: The dentists’ level of knowledge is affecting the patient management during COVID-19 pandemic.
Affiliation:
- Udayana University, Indonesia
- Udayana University, Indonesia
- Udayana University, Indonesia
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MyJurnal (2021) |
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3 |
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0.000 |
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Scopus 2020 |
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CiteScore (0.2) |
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Q4 (Medicine (all)) |
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SJR (0.144) |
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