International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 9, Issue 2, pp: (92-97), Month: October 2021 - March 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
IPC Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among freshman year Dental students in a university, Songkhla, Thailand Wanchada Limsawat Prince of Songkla University
Abstract: Due to the Pandemic of COVID-19 that was an emerging disease causing negative consequences worldwide. Especially, medical personnels and medical students because medical personnel and medical students were mostly risk to contract infection from the COVID-19 because of the study and workplace that lead to the higher chance to intimidate with patients.Therefore, medical student should learn about Infection Prevention and Control in order to prevent and decrease risk of contracting infection. Purpose: To assess IPC knowledge, Attitude and Practice among dental students Methodology: This is a cross sectional study, using online form to collect data from first year dental students from a university in Songkhla, Thailand. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and generalized linear model were used to analyze the results. Findings: A total of 45 students participated in the study, 33 (73.3%) female and 12 (26.7%). Participants revealed a moderate level of IPC knowledge, correctly answering 9.18 from 15 questions (SD=2.27) and a moderate level of attitude toward IPC (M=18.67, SD=2.34). A good level of IPC practice was found among participants (M=22.91, SD=2.20). The analysis from the generalized linear model, gender was a predictive factor for IPC practice adoption. Conclusion: Freshman students had a moderate IPC knowledge and a moderate attitude toward IPC but a good level of IPC practice was found from the study. Keywords: IPC, dental student, COVID-19.
1. INTRODUCTION Coronavirus 2019 disease was an emerging disease that was found for the first time in Wuhan ,China. It caused illness ranging from the common cold to a severe pneumonia and had not been previously found in Humans. By March 2020 The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) was announced as a pandemic because of the highly significant increase in the number of cases outside of China. By then more than 118 000 cases had been reported in 114 countries, and 4291 deaths had been recorded and continued to scatter in different parts of the world [1]. The transmission route of COVID-19 which pass on between human and human.This could occur through direct , indirect , or close contact with infected people through infected secretions such as saliva and respiratory secretions or their respiratory droplets, which are expelled when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks or sings.[2] The main symptoms of COVID-19 were fever, dry cough, loss of taste or smell, fatigue, difficulty breathing. In order to control this Pandemic, almost every country around the World had a measure to control the spread of COVID-19 which included social isolating, wearing a mask indoor public place and public transportation, washing your hands often with soap or use alcohol gel , avoiding crowded and poorly ventilated space and getting vaccination as soon as possible.These measure decreased risk of getting infected of COVID-19.[3]
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