Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Dentists towards Peri-implant Diseases

Background. Despite successful results of implant therapy, complications occasionally occur in challenging situations.Apart from academic courses for implantology, dental associations also offer training courses for general practitioners.We sought to assess dentists' attitude towards peri-implant diseases. Methods. The subjects in thisquestionnaire-based cross-sectional study consisted of dentists participating in the annual congress of the Iranian Dental Association in 2013, whose knowledge and attitudes towards peri-implant diseases were assessed using a five-section questionnaire (implant therapy training, peri-implant soft tissue assessment, peri-implant diseases and treatment planning for peri-implant diseases). Data were analyzedwith SPSS 22, using descriptive and analytical methods. Results. The results showed that due to extensive placement of implants and high prevalence of complications, academic and organized training courses are essential. Conclusion. The results showed that due to extensive placement of implants and high prevalence of complications, academic and organized training courses are essential.

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Knowledge and attitude towards epilepsy among pharmacy students from Mumbai university

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20183235 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (8) ◽

pp. 2578

Author(s):

Dnyanesh Limaye ◽

Omkar Deshpande ◽

Pratik Gite ◽

Sushil Chavan ◽

Arlan Sydymanov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Pharmacy Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Chronic Disorder ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Education And Awareness ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Hereditary Nature ◽

The Brain

Background: Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain that affects people worldwide. The overall prevalence (3.0-11.9 / 1,000) and incidence (0.2-0.6/1,000) of epilepsy in India are comparable to the rates of high-income countries. The high prevalence of negative attitudes towards epilepsy has been highlighted by several studies. Pharmacy students represent a better-educated section of society regarding drugs and have the potential to create awareness, and influence attitudes towards the disease. Thus, it is important that they have the appropriate and updated knowledge and appropriate attitude towards epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs. Objective of the present study was to determine the Mumbai University pharmacy student’s awareness about epilepsy, so as to know the kind of education and awareness strategies that would be applicable to them.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May-June 2017. Two hundred and fifty students were approached to participate in the study of which 213 agreed to participate (males: 107; females: 106). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23.Results: Response rate for this study was 85.2% (213/250). Ninety six percent (204/213) of the participants had heard or read about epilepsy. Overall knowledge was poor (40.2%) and attitude was fair (75.3%). None of the participants were aware about recent research regarding hereditary nature of epilepsy. Only 2 (0.98%) students were aware how to perform the first aid in epilepsy. Only 6.8% participants felt that epileptics should participate in sports.Conclusions: The findings of this study show that, even with extensive curriculum covering diseases, drugs and relevant laws of land, the knowledge and attitude scores were low. There is a need to have focused education and campaigns to increase the knowledge and attitude towards epilepsy.

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A cross sectional study of patients knowledge and attitude towards the drug-drug interactions in Coimbatore district India

International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research ◽

10.7439/ijasr.v1i2.1797 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

Arumugam Madeswaran ◽

Abhijath M ◽

Achsah R. B. ◽

Alka T

Keyword(s):

Drug Interactions ◽

Effective Communication ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Comfort Level ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Demographic Information ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Coimbatore District ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

The current objective of this study was to assess the patients knowledge and attitudes toward the drug-drug interactions, a survey instrument included questions about the patients demographic information, familiarity with drug-drug interactions, usage of other system of medicines and the patients comfort level when discussing drug-drug interactions.76% believed that drugs wont produce any interactions with other drugs. 58% of participants indicated that they were taken both allopathic and other system of medicines without the notification of physician. 64% of the respondents were stated that they were not able to communicate with the physician properly. The result of the current study reveals that the patients not having enough knowledge about drug-drug interactions and further indicates that the communication issue is a major factor for the drug-drug interactions. Hence the remedy suggested for reducing the drug-drug interactions are to enhance the time of counseling, and providing seminars, awareness, and programs regarding the need of effective communication and drug-drug interactions information to the overall population.

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Mother's knowledge and attitudes towards Visual Acetate Acid Inspection test in Surabaya

Journal of Public Health Research ◽

10.4081/jphr.2020.1815 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dini Mei Widayanti ◽

Mochammad Bagus Qomaruddin ◽

Dedi Irawandi

Keyword(s):

Pap Smear ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Study Data ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Design And Methods ◽

Lack Of Knowledge

Background: The incidence of cervical cancer in Indonesia is still high due to the poor awareness of married women about the necessity to check themselves with a pap smear/IVA test for early detection and possible cure. The implementation of the IVA examination still experiences obstacles due to lack of knowledge and fear. Design and Methods: This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of mothers with IVA test, using the analytical and cross-sectional study. Data were obtained from mothers that visited the family planning section of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Center. Out of a total of 184 mothers, 126 samples were chosen by purposive sampling technique. Results: The results showed that 59.5% of respondents had scarce knowledge on IVA tests, 66.7% had unsupportive attitudes towards it, and 54.8% were not willing to carry out the tests. This study explains that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude with a P-value of 0.000.Conclusions: In conclusion, various factors influence the participation of IVA examination, namely lack of knowledge, inability to access information, and fear.

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HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN COVID-19 PADA MASA ADAPTASI KEBIASAAN BARU

PREPOTIF : Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat ◽

10.31004/prepotif.v5i2.2456 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1186-1192

Author(s):

Nissa Noor Annashr ◽

Puji Laksmini ◽

Andy Muharry ◽

Teni Supriyani ◽

Rian Arie Gustaman

Keyword(s):

Univariate Analysis ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

West Java ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Knowledge Variable ◽

Prevention Behavior ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

In October 2020, West Java became the province with the third highest positive confirmed case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, with 33,147 cases with a death of 649. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between knowledge and attitudes with COVID-19 prevention behavior. This research iwa an analytic observational study with a cross sectional study design. The study was conducted in September 2020. The study population was people aged 12 years living in West Java Province. The sample in this study amounted to 2,502 people. The sample was people who are willing to fill out a questionnaire that is distributed online (google form) via whatsapp, instagram and facebook so that the sampling technique includes accidental sampling. The independent variables studied consisted of knowledge and attitudes, while the dependent variable was COVID-19 prevention behavior during (habit of keeping distance, washing hands with soap, using masks). The results of univariate analysis showed that more than half of the respondents had good knowledge (56.8%) and positive attitudes (54.6%). The majority of respondents had good COVID-19 prevention behavior (73.3%). The results of the bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude variables with COVID-19 prevention behavior (p 0.05). The OR value for the knowledge variable is 1.933 (95% CI: 1.616-2.312). Meanwhile, the OR value for the attitude variable is 3.067 (95% CI: 2.523-3.729). This study proves that knowledge and attitudes are significantly related to COVID-19 prevention behavior.

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Hubungan antara Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Pencegahan Penyakit Rabies pada Warga di Wilayah Puskesmas Kuta II

Smart Medical Journal ◽

10.13057/smj.v1i1.24184 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 18

Author(s):

Ni Kadek Ayu Septiani Sarjana ◽

Arsita Eka Prasetyawati ◽

Dyah Ratna Budiani

Keyword(s):

Disease Prevention ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Rabies is a disease of animals (usually vertebrate) which is zoonotic (transmissible to humans). Rabies occurs in 24 out of the 34 provinces of Indonesia. Rabies is caused by a virus in the Family: Rhabdivoridae, Genus: Lyssavirus. Control the dog population and dog vaccination is effective and economical method to prevent the incidences of rabies in humans. This study aims to investigate the relationship between level of knowledge and attitude to the practice in prevention rabies infection in residents lived in area covered by Puskesmas Kuta II.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study and carried out by simple random sampling of 96 residents in the area of Puskesmas Kuta II. In this study, the independent variables are knowledge of and attitudes towards rabies disease while the dependent variable is the practice to prevent rabies infection in human. Data were collected by a questionnaire-based interview. Analyses were then carried out using the chi-square (x2) followed by multivariate analysis using multiple logistic regressions.Results: This study showed that knowledge has a significant relationship with practice for rabies disease prevention (p = 0.013; OR 4.240; 95% CI 1.352 up to 13.296). Attitude has a significant positive relationship with the value of practice for rabies disease prevention (p = 0.015; OR 3.073; 95% CI 1.233 up to 7.627). The combined effect of knowledge and attitudes to practice for rabies prevention were approximately 20.90% (Negerkerke R square = 0.209).Conclusions: There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes with the practice for rabies disease prevention in residents in the area of Puskesmas Kuta II, the higher level of knowledge and improved attitudes will improve practice for rabies disease prevention amongst residents in the area of Puskesmas Kuta II. Key words: Rabies; Rabies; Preventio; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice

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Comparison of COVID-19 Relevant Knowledge and Attitudes of Clinical and Preclinical Dental Students in Turkey

Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine ◽

10.2478/bjdm-2020-0021 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Fatih Karaaslan ◽

Ahu Dikilitaş ◽

Esra Özge Aydin

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dental Students ◽

Dental Practice ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Face To Face ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Dental Clinics ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Training Courses

SummaryBackground/Aim: Dental care settings invariably carry the risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection because dental practice involves face-to-face communication with patients and the generation of large amounts of aerosol and droplets mixed with patients’ saliva. Since droplet and aerosol transmission are the most important concerns in dental clinics, informing future dentists about pandemic diseases at the undergraduate stage is important. In this context, the aim of this study was to compare the knowledge and attitudes of clinical and preclinical dental students regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.Material and Methods: 159 preclinical and 130 clinical dental students were included in this cross sectional study. The researchers developed a closed-ended questionnaire with the help of the existing literature. The questionnaire contained 17 questions about the knowledge and attitudes of dental students regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.Results: Clinical students feel significantly more threatened with exposure to COVID-19 infection than preclinical students (p<0.05, chi-square test). The proportion of students who do not want to treat an individual who has had a COVID-19 infection and recovered is statistically higher in clinical students (p<0.05, chi-square test). The proportion of students who think that using protective equipment during dental practice will not protect them against COVID-19 infection is statistically higher in clinical students (p<0.05, chi-square test).Conclusions: More education and training courses are need in order to improve students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding newly emerging pandemic diseases.

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The Effect of Knowledge and Attitude toward Coronavirus Disease-19 Transmission Prevention Practice in South Sumatera Province, Indonesia

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2020.5184 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (T1) ◽

pp. 198-202

Author(s):

Ekowati Retnaningsih ◽

Nuryanto Nuryanto ◽

Reni Oktarina ◽

Oom Komalasari ◽

Sri Maryani

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dominant Factor ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Study Approach ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

The People ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Transmission Prevention ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

People’S Attitudes

BACKGROUND: Globally, the number of coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 confirmation cases shows an exponential increase. In South Sumatera province, Indonesia, reported positive confirm cases in March 2020 as many as 5 cases, and within 2 months there was an increase to 196 times (982 cases) confirmation cases in May 2020. Transmission prevention practice is essential to inhibit the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the number of cases. Based on past studies, COVID-19 transmission prevention practice is affected by community characteristics, level of knowledge and attitudes, but there is no study conducted in Indonesia. AIM: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge and attitudes toward COVID-19 transmission prevention practice. METHODS: The study was conducted with cross-sectional study approach. The sample is the people lived in South Sumatra who filled out the questionnaire through the Google form application, total 1187 people. Data were collected by snowball method during the period of April 18–30th 2020. Data were analyzed statistically using multiple logistic regression tests. RESULTS: The result of this study found that four variables significantly affected COVID-19 transmission prevention practice. They were occupation (odds ratio [OR]: 1.128; p < 0.01), gender (OR: 1.309; p < 0.05), knowledge (OR: 1.782; p < 0.01), and attitude (OR: 2.059; p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The dominant factor affecting COVID-19 transmission prevention practice is attitude and knowledge. Hence, it is necessary to increase community knowledge about COVID-19 better to change people’s attitudes toward COVID-19 transmission prevention so they can implement good COVID-19 transmission prevention practice.

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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING ETHICAL AND MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES IN HANDLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG RESIDENT DOCTORS AT ZAINOEL ABIDIN HOSPITAL, ACEH, INDONESIA

Periódico Tchê Química ◽

10.52571/ptq.v18.n38.2021.06_suryadi_pgs_62_84.pdf ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (38) ◽

pp. 62-84

Author(s):

Taufik SURYADI ◽

Hijra Novia SUARDI ◽

Hanifah ZAIN ◽

Zinatul HAYATI ◽

Budi YANTI

Keyword(s):

Health Sector ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Medicolegal Issues

Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world to become a pandemic, making the entire health sector overwhelmed. Hospitals as health service facilities continuously strive to provide optimal service to patients with the confirmed COVID-19 infection. Resident doctors usually handle COVID-19 patients at the Zainoel Abidin Hospital (ZAH). As the front liner in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, these resident doctors must have adequate knowledge and good attitudes in dealing with COVID-19 patients, especially regarding ethical and medicolegal. Aim: This study aims at finding out the level of knowledge and attitudes of resident doctors in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic at the ZAH, Aceh. Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted among resident doctors (n=80) in the ZAH during November-December 2020 with a self-administered online questionnaire. It had been tested for validity by experts with a Content Validity Ratio / CVR of 0.738 and reliability of 0.732. The data were analyzed using the frequency distribution test (univariate) and the Chi square correlation test (bivariate). Results and Discussion: The results show that the majority of respondents had inadequate knowledge of ethical and medicolegal issues in handling the COVID-19 pandemic (70.0%); however, they had a positive attitude in overcoming ethical and medicolegal issues, i.e.77.5%. The chi square statistical test result shows no correlation between knowledge and attitude with a p-value of 0.077 (p-value >0.05). Conclusions: Therefore, it can be concluded that the theoretical knowledge of doctors was not sufficient to identify ethical and medicolegal issues, but the attitude in dealing with ethical and medicolegal issues was satisfactory. This result offers a new opportunity and challenge to increase the awareness of doctors in applying their knowledge and attitudes towards handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Development and validation of questionnaires on professional drivers’ knowledge and attitudes about various medications’ influence on driving ability

Slovenian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.2478/sjph-2022-0006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 32-39

Author(s):

Roland Antonić ◽

Slobodan Janković ◽

Marko Folić

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Temporal Stability ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Repeated Administration ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Driving Ability ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Professional Drivers ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Abstract Introduction Professional drivers’ knowledge about driving-impairing medications is not satisfactory. The aim of this study was to develop and test the reliability and validity of the questionnaires designed to measure the knowledge and attitude of professional drivers about the influence of various medications on driving ability. Methods The questionnaires for assessing professional driver’s knowledge (performance-based) and attitudes about influence of various medications on driving abilities were developed by creating the item pool, testing reliability and validity, and factor analysis. The study was conducted as a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study population consisted of professional drivers, who filled out both questionnaires in three time intervals. Results Both questionnaires showed great internal consistency and temporal stability. Cronbach’s Alpha for the first questionnaire was 0.984 and for the second it was 0.944. The Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin test for the first questionnaire confirmed sampling adequacy with its value of 0.964 and for the second questionnaire it was 0.933. Exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire showed that three factors were revealed after rotation for the first questionnaire and they explained 78.0% of variance. Both questionnaires showed high degree of correlation between scores after the first and repeated administration, Spearman’s rho coefficient of correlation for was 0.962 and 0.980. Conclusion Based on the results of this study, we believe that both questionnaires are useful tools for testing professional drivers’ knowledge and attitudes about the influence of medications on driving ability.

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Knowledge and attitude towards pain relief in labor among final year midwifery students: A cross-sectional study

10.21203/rs.2.14255/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Nigussie Simeneh Endalew ◽

Hailu Yimer Tawye ◽

Zewuditu Abdissa Denu

Keyword(s):

Pain Relief ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Univariate Analysis ◽

Labour Pain ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Labour Analgesia ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Abstract Background: Poor attitudes and lack of knowledge about labour pain has long been demonstrated to burden the health professionals, as well as the women. In developing countries, labour analgesia practice is not well established and undermined. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore final year midwifery students’ knowledge and attitudes towards pain relief during labour, at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among final year undergraduate midwifery students using structured, and self-administered questionnaire(n=130). Descriptive statistics were performed. Results were presented using narrations, means and standard deviations, percentage, figure and tables. Univariate analysis was used to assess the association between demographic variables with poor knowledge and attitudes. P-value below 0.05 level of significance was used to identify the statistical significance of factors for knowledge and attitude about pain relief during labour.Results: Of 130 students participated, the majority, 88% of respondents understood that women can feel moderate to severe pain during labour. However, only less than half of the participants had knowledge of labour pain should be relieved. The majority, 70% of students did not have awareness about the methods of labour analgesia.Conclusion: Although the majority of final year midwifery students were agreed with women can feel moderate to severe labour pain, almost more than half of the students were not aware of the painless labour in hospital. Most of the students believed that pharmacologic methods of labour analgesia will affect the labour, baby, and mother. Therefore, considerable attention in preservice teaching and training about labour pain and analgesia for midwifery students is recommended.

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