Knowledge and Attitude of Polish Dental Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objectives: This study analyzed Polish dentists’ knowledge of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the main problems in their work during the early phase of the pandemic. Methods: Dentists responded to an online anonymous survey consisting of 57 questions relating to socio-demographics, knowledge about COVID-19, and office procedures. The obtained data were analyzed using basic descriptive statistics, significance of dependencies and Chi square and Mann–Whitney tests; p < 0.05. Results: Ultimately, responses from 730 dentists were included. The mean age was 43.62 ± 11.57. Almost 3/4 of the respondents followed the information on COVID-19. A total of 95.5% had knowledge about COVID-19. Genetic testing was the basic test according to 69.2%. Further, 56.0% were concerned about the pandemic, and 23.6% were significantly anxious. In addition, 42.1% considered a risk of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace as very high. A total of 84.0% admitted patients performing a triage and using personal protective equipment (PPE). Further, 44.5% planned to become vaccinated. Continuing the work during the pandemic was strongly correlated with age, sector, and location and duration of work. Conclusions: Most Polish dentists follow the information on the COVID-19 protocol and have sufficient knowledge about COVID-19. Dentists are concerned and anxious about the situation. The vast majority admitted patients during the pandemic and use PPE. Only almost half plan to be vaccinated.

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Sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in Luanda, Angola

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0249249 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. e0249249

Author(s):

Cruz S. Sebastião ◽

Zoraima Neto ◽

Pedro Martinez ◽

Domingos Jandondo ◽

Janete Antonio ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Infection Rate ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽

Risk Of Infection ◽

Chi Square ◽

Urbanized Areas ◽

The Relationship ◽

Very High

This study aimed to investigate the characteristics related to SARS-CoV-2 in Luanda, Angola. A total of 622 individuals were screened for SARS-CoV-2 from January to September 2020. Chi-square and logistic regression were used to identify the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and SARS-CoV-2. Of the 622 tested, 14.3% tested positive. The infection rate was the same for both genders (14.3%). Individuals ≥40 years old, from non-urbanized areas, and healthcare professionals had a higher frequency of infection. The risk of infection was very high in individuals ≥60 years old (AOR: 23.3, 95% CI: 4.83–112), in women (AOR: 1.24, 95% CI: 0.76–2.04), in Luanda (AOR: 7.40, 95% CI: 1.64–33.4), and healthcare professionals (AOR: 1.27, 95% CI: 0.60–2.71), whereas a low risk was observed in individuals from urbanized areas (AOR: 0.44, 95% CI: 0.26–0.75). Our results suggest that Angolan authorities should implement a greater effort in non-urbanized areas and among healthcare professionals since when these individuals presented any indication for a COVID-19 test, such as fever/cough/myalgia, they were more likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 than having some other cause for symptoms.

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Parental knowledge, attitude and practice on malaria in Mandailing Natal district

Paediatrica Indonesiana ◽

10.14238/pi47.4.2007.161-5 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Syafruddin Haris ◽

Sri Sofyani ◽

Bidasari Lubis ◽

Munar Lubis ◽

Syahril Pasaribu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Centre ◽

Parental Knowledge ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background Malaria is still considered to be an important healthproblem in Indonesia. Malaria has been found in islands withdifferent degree of endemicity. Behavior of the community isone of the factors affecting the incidence of malaria in MandailingNatal district.Objective To know the parental knowledge, attitude, and practiceamong parents whose children suffered from malaria or not.Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in six primaryschools and one health centre in October 2004. Subjects wereparents whose children were malaria positive and malaria negativebased on laboratory examination. Sample size was 85 parents foreach group. Selected respondents were interviewed usingstructured questionnaire. Degree of knowledge, attitude, andpractice on malaria were established using scoring system withinthree categories: good, less, and poor. Data were collected andpresented using chi-square and P<0.05 was considered as a levelof significant.Results The mean age of 85 parents whose children were positivemalaria, was 38.47 years (SD 6.67) and the mean age of thosewhose children were negative malaria was 40.41 years (SD 8.05).Parent’s education level was 62.9% primary school and 90% oftheir children were school-aged. There were significant differenceson parental knowledge, attitude and practice in each group(P<0.05). There was also a significant correlation betweenoccupation and knowledge, but not between parental educationlevel and parental age. Parental knowledge and attitude on theincidence of malaria in Mandailing Natal district were good,though their practice were poor.Conclusion There are significant differences on parentalknowledge, attitude and practice, between parents whose childrenwere positive and negative for malaria.

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Membina Aktivitas Belajar Mahasiswa di Perguruan Tinggi Melalui Metode TIE (Translation, Interpretation, Extrapolation) pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

10.31219/osf.io/5jb3t ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Zulhafizh

Keyword(s):

Research Method ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Independent Learning ◽

Average Score ◽

Chi Square ◽

High Category ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Correlational Method ◽

Very High

The research objective is to foster student learning activities through the TIE (Translation, Interpretation, Extrapolation) method. The research method used was descriptive correlational method. The research sample consisted of 75 people. The data instrument was in the form of a Likert scale questionnaire which consisted of the aspects of translation, interpretation, and extrapolation. Data analysis technique used descriptive statistics, Product Moment correlation, chi square normality, and Anova. The result of the study showed that the average score for translation was 3,767 which was in the high category; the average score for interpretation was 4,075 categorized as very high; and the exploration average score was 4,065 categorized as very high. Overall, it was at an average of 3,969 which was in the high category. If the translation, interpretation, and extrapolation activities were carried out properly,it could build up to 99,3% of learning activities. In conlcusion, the TIE method is important to apply in independent learning activities because it can stimulate students' cognition and psychomotor to achieve better learning quality. In addition, it can present insightful and experienced students.

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Hubungan antara Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri pada Pekerja Mebel di Desa Leilem Dua Kecamatan Sonder Kabupaten Minahasa

Medical Scope Journal ◽

10.35790/msj.1.2.2020.27202 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Febrial R. P. Mongkau ◽

Joy A. M. Rattu ◽

Lery F. Suoth

Keyword(s):

Personal Protective Equipment ◽

P Value ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Cross Sectional Design ◽

Control Work ◽

The Relationship

Abstract: Furniture worker is one of the jobs that is at risk of working accidents and illness related to work. Therefore, it is necessary to control work hazard, one of them is by using personal protective equipment (PPE). During observation, many workers had lack of understanding about the importance of using PPE. This study was aimed to obtain the relationship between knowledge and attitude and the action of using PPE among furniture workers at Leilem, Sonder. This was a quantitative study with a cross sectional design. The instruments in this study were questionnaires and chek-list sheets. We used the chi-square test with a p-value of 0.05 to analyze the relationships. The results showed that of 68 respondents, 67 had good level of knowledge about the PPE, while 1 respondent had low level of know-ledge. There were 36 respondents that had good attitude about using PPE meanwhile those with poor attitude were 32 respondents. Respondents that did not use complete PPE were 18 worker while those who did not use PPE were 50 worker. The chi-square test showed a p-value of 1.00 for the relatjonship between knowledge and the action of using PPE and a p-value of 0.418 for the relationship between attitude and the action of using PPE. In conclusion, there were no relationships between knowledge and the action of using PPE as well as between attitude and the action of using PPE among the furniture workers at Leilem, Sonder.Keywords: knowledge, attitude, action of using personal protective equipment Abstrak: Pekerja mebel merupakan salah satu pekerjaan yang berisiko kecelakan kerja dan penyakit akibat kerja. Untuk itu perlu adanya pengendalian bahaya salah satunya dengan menggunakan alat pelindung diri (APD). Dari hasil pengamatan banyak pekerja yang kurang memahami pentingnya penggunaan APD saat melaksanakan pekerjaan. Penelitian ini bvertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap dengan tindakan penggunaan APD pada pekerja mebel di Desa Leilem Dua Kecamatan Sonder Kabupaten Minahasa. Jenis penelitian ialah kuantitatif dengan desain potong lintang. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner dan lembar chek-list. Analisis hubungan menggunakan uji chi-square (p=0,05). Hasil penelitian mendapatkan 68 responden penelitian. Responden dengan tingkat pengetahuan baik tentang APD sebanyak 67 orang, sedangkan yang pengetahuan kurang baik berjumlah 1 orang. Responden dengan sikap baik terhadap penggunaan APD ialah 36 orang dan yang sikap tidak baik 32 orang. Responden yang menggunakan APD tidak lengkap 18 orang dan yang tidak menggunakan APD 50 orang. Hasil uji chi-square hubungan pengetahuan dengan tindakan penggunaan APD mendapatkan nilai p=1,00 dan hubungan sikap dengan tindakan penggunaan APD mendapatkan nilai p=0,418. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah tidak terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap dengan tindakan penggunaan APD pada pekerja mebel di Desa Leilem Dua, Sonder.Kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, tindakan penggunaan alat pelindung diri

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Assessment of knowledge and attitude of allied healthcare professionals about COVID-19 across Saudi Arabia

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-203377 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Deepti Shrivastava ◽

Abdulrahman A. Alduraywish ◽

Kumar Chandan Srivastava ◽

Abdalkarem F. Alsharari ◽

Khalid Al-Johani ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Moderate Level ◽

Ordinal Scale ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Allied Healthcare ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has shown a catastrophic effect on mankind. The allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) play a pivotal role against COVID-19. OBJECTIVES: To appraise the knowledge and attitude about COVID-19 of AHPs working across Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted using Qualtrics software to gather data from all five regions of Saudi Arabia during the nationwide lockdown in April 2020. Complete responses of 195 AHPs were considered for analysis. The questionnaire consisted of 15 and 14 questions on knowledge and attitude, respectively. The overall scores of each domain were calculated and modified Bloom’s criterion was applied to categorize them into a three-point ordinal scale. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square test along with multivariate logistic regression for significant parameters. RESULTS: The AHPs displayed a moderate level of knowledge (58.2%) and a good level of attitude (80%). The AHPs were found to have a non-significant (P > 0.05) difference in the level of knowledge within age, gender, region, occupation, educational level, organizational setup and years of experience. The attitude of AHPs working in a private setup has shown a 2.8 times (P = 0.020) higher risk for having moderate/poor attitude compared to the AHPs working in a government organization. CONCLUSIONS: AHPs displayed a moderate level of knowledge and good attitude towards COVID-19. Emphasis should be given to continuous professional development in order to enhance their knowledge. Furthermore, strategies should be developed in the private sector to positively reinforce the attitude of AHPs.

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Compliance with personal protective equipment use among non-medical healthcare professionals during Covid-19 pandemic

INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY ◽

10.22146/ijp.1365 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 258-266

Author(s):

Estika Mei Diana ◽

Anna Wahyuni Widayanti ◽

Satibi

Keyword(s):

Personal Protective Equipment ◽

Work Experience ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Univariate Analysis ◽

Virus Transmission ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Chi Square ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Medical Healthcare

Non-medical healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nutritionists, and radiographers, have a high risk of COVID-19 infection during work. Personal protective equipment use has shown effective in preventing virus transmission. This study aimed to investigate the compliance with personal protective equipment use and identify the factors that may influence their compliance. The study was designed cross-sectionally, with a self-administered questionnaire. The respondents were non-medical healthcare professionals recruited from covid and non-covid ward at Saiful Anwar General Hospital. The data were collected in November 2020. The questionnaire consists of four questions to assess compliance and eighteen questions to explore the factors that may relate to their compliance. This study used the Chi-square test to differentiate the level of compliance between two groups and binary logistic regression to analyze factors that may influence the compliance. Most participants in this study were female (84.8%), with a median age of 33 (23 – 57) years. More than 80 % of participants worked in the non-covid ward. Only one-fifth of participants had work experience of more than 15 years. The compliance with personal protective equipment was 67.3%. In univariate analysis, factors that influenced the compliance were difficulty using, removing, and disposing of personal protective equipment, lack of training and regular monitoring, unsure about the effectiveness of personal protective equipment, uncomfortable in donning personal protective equipment. Co-workers never reminding themselves to use personal protective equipment also influence compliance. In the multivariate analysis, the difficulty of using, removing and disposing of personal protective equipment (OR 2.83 (0.730 – 3.478), p=0.025) significantly influenced compliance with personal protective equipment use.

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Assessing Knowledge and Attitude of Healthcare Professionals on Biosimilars: A National Survey for Pharmacists and Physicians in Taiwan

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9111600 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 1600

Author(s):

Samantha Yun-Kai Poon ◽

Jason C. Hsu ◽

Yu Ko ◽

Shao-Chin Chiang

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Survey Study ◽

Hospital Type ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Current Usage ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Despite the first approval of biosimilars’ in 2010, biosimilar products usage has remained low in Taiwan. This cross-sectional survey study assessed healthcare professionals’ (HCPs)—hospital pharmacists, oncologists, and rheumatologists—knowledge, and attitudes toward biosimilars. More precisely, their knowledge and attitude towards biosimilars’ current usage and regulations in Taiwan were analyzed. The mean ± standard deviation knowledge score was 2.56 ± 0.86 out of 4 (n = 395), and a difference in knowledge score was determined according to the hospital types (p = 0.004). Rheumatologists possessed significantly higher confidence in their knowledge of biosimilars than other HCPs (p = 0.001). Pharmacists showed the highest acceptance—and rheumatologists the least—for switching patients from reference drugs to biosimilars (p = 0.02). Hospital type was associated with the respondent’s confidence in their knowledge (p = 0.04) and the preference for distinguishable naming of biosimilars (p = 0.007). Their knowledge scores were associated with their confidence in the efficacy and safety of biosimilars (p = 0.02). The study found that the current level of biosimilar knowledge of HCPs in Taiwan is low. The higher the knowledge score, the greater the confidence in biosimilars and the familiarity with relevant regulations.

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Abortion terminology: views of women seeking abortion in Britain

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care ◽

10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101631 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 265-268 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sharon Cameron ◽

Patricia A Lohr ◽

Roger Ingham

Keyword(s):

Outcome Measures ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Induced Abortion ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Reproductive History ◽

Termination Of Pregnancy ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

England And Wales ◽

The Mean

BackgroundControversy exists as to whether ‘abortion or ‘termination of pregnancy’ should be used by health professionals during interactions with women and in published works.MethodsSelf-administered anonymous questionnaires were distributed to women attending 54 abortion clinics in Scotland, England and Wales during a 4-month period in 2015. Responses were coded and analysed using SPSS. Descriptive statistics were generated and responses compared by demographic characteristics. The main outcome measures were the proportion of respondents reporting that they found the terms ‘abortion’ and ‘termination of pregnancy’ to be distressing, and women’s preferred terminology for referring to induced abortion.ResultsSurveys were completed by 2259 women. The mean age of the respondents was 27(range 13–51) years; 82% identified as white, 51% had children and 36% had previously undergone abortion. Thirty-five percent indicated that they found the word ‘abortion’ distressing compared with 18% who reported that ‘termination of pregnancy’ was distressing (p< 0.001). Forty-five percent of respondents expressed a preference for ‘termination of pregnancy’ and 12% for ‘abortion’. Sixteen percent would choose either term. This pattern of results did not vary statistically by age, reproductive history, country of residence, ethnicity or level of deprivation.ConclusionsMost women seeking abortion did not find the terms ‘abortion’ or termination of pregnancy’ distressing. When given a choice of terms, more women who expressed a preference chose ‘termination of pregnancy’. Healthcare professionals should be sensitive to preferences for terminology when communicating with women seeking abortion.

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The Correlation Between Knowledge and Attitude of the Nurse Towards of Usage Personal Protective Equipment in General Hospital of Pandan

Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 9 - September - International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology ◽

10.38124/ijisrt20jul590 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (7) ◽

pp. 1422-1427

Author(s):

Rostianna Purba.

Keyword(s):

General Hospital ◽

Personal Protective Equipment ◽

P Value ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Chi Square ◽

Control Effort ◽

Hazard Control ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Hiv Exposure ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

The efforts of safety and the hazard control can be done in various ways, one of them is by using of or wearing personal protective equipment. The incident of infection at the hospital is one of the problems because it can threaten the health of the patient, medical staffs, and visitors. WHO explain that, about 2,5% of medical staff around the world facing HIV exposure, about 40% facing Hepatitis B exposure and Hepatitis C exposure and many other infection which produce from other the exposure are exist in develop country. This type of research is quantitative by correlation design. The population of this research are all of the nurse in General Hospital of Pandan about 105 persons, by sample about 39 nurses. The results of this study show that the majority of the respondents are using the personal protective equipment as many as 25 persons (64,10%), Chi Square Test was obtained p Value 0.004 (p-<0.05), it means that there is a correlation between the knowledge of the nurse with the use of personal protective equipment. Based on the Chi Square Test was obtained p Value 0.000 (p-<0.05) there is a significant relationship between the attitude of the nurse and the use of personal protective equipment. It is recommended to the all nurses to be always use the personal protective equipment in accordance with standard operational procedures as a safety and hazard control effort

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The Effects of Skin-to-Skin Contact on Temperature and Breastfeeding Successfulness in Full-Term Newborns after Cesarean Delivery

International Journal of Pediatrics ◽

10.1155/2014/846486 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Shourangiz Beiranvand ◽

Fatemeh Valizadeh ◽

Reza Hosseinabadi ◽

Yadollah Pournia

Keyword(s):

Cesarean Section ◽

Routine Care ◽

Full Term ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Chi Square ◽

Skin Contact ◽

Term Newborns ◽

The Mean ◽

Skin To Skin ◽

Experimental Group

Background. The skin-to-skin contact (SSC) of mother and newborn is uncommon full-term newborns after delivering via cesarean section due to the possibility of hypothermia in the infants. The aim of this study was to compare mothers’ and infant’s temperatures after delivering via cesarean section.Material and Methods. In this randomized clinical trial, 90 infant/mothers dyads delivered via cesarean section were randomized to SSC (n=46) and routine care (n=44). In experimental group, skin-to-skin contact was performed for one hour and in the routine group the infant was dressed and put in the cot according to hospital routine care. The newborns’ mothers’ temperatures in both groups were taken at half-hour intervals. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics,t-tests, and chi-square tests.Results. The means of the newborns’ temperatures immediately after SSC (P=0.86), half an hour (P=0.31), and one hour (P=0.52) after the intervention did not show statistically significant differences between the two groups. The mean scores of the infants’ breastfeeding assessment in SSC (8.76±3.63) and routine care (7.25±3.5) groups did not show significant differences (P=0.048).Conclusion. Mother and infant’s skin-to-skin contact is possible after delivering via cesarean section and does not increase the risk of hypothermia.

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