Dental patients’ attitudes and behaviors towards and knowledge and fear of COVID-19

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dc.authorid0000-0001-7931-4464
dc.contributor.authorAkbulut, Aslıhan
dc.contributor.authorOrhan, Kaan
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-02T12:22:50Z
dc.date.available2022-12-02T12:22:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentİstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi, Ağız, Diş ve Çene Radyolojisi Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.description.abstractCOVID-19 is a pandemic that threatens public health worldwide. Dentists working at great risk play an essential role in protecting public health against coronavirus. This study aimed to evaluate the dental patients' attitudes and behaviors towards and knowledge and fear of COVID-19. We conducted a self-report questionnaire-based survey from 10.26.2020 to 01.12.2021 and included 1110 dental patients who applied at the Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology of Istanbul Medipol University Dental School. We divided the survey into four divisions: 1) Patient's knowledge about COVID-19, 2) attitudes, 3) behavior, 4) patient's fear of COVID-19. We calculated the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the reliability of the COVID-19 Fear scale and evaluated significance at the p <0.05 level. 84.6% of the participants believed that COVID-19 could be transmitted by aerosol. 94.1% of the participants considered COVID-19 a risk for their health and 93.3% that their social life was affected. 46.3% only wanted to have emergency dental treatment and postpone their dental care, and only 7% applied to the clinic for the aesthetic process. Women had a higher fear level of COVID-19 than men. We found the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of the patients who applied to the dentomaxillofacial radiology positive towards COVID-19. Dental health professionals should take extra measures in dental clinics to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and more efforts should be made to improve public knowledge, attitude, and behavior.
dc.description.sponsorshipİstanbul Medipol Üniversitesien_US
dc.identifier.citationAkbulut, A. ve Orhan, K. (2022). Dental patients’ attitudes and behaviors towards and knowledge and fear of COVID-19. Ondokuz Mayıs University, 39(4), 1102-1111. https://doi.org/10.52142/omujecm.39.4.33
dc.identifier.doi10.52142/omujecm.39.4.33
dc.identifier.endpage1111
dc.identifier.issn1309-4483
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85142047798
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage1102
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.52142/omujecm.39.4.33
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/10069
dc.identifier.volume39
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorAkbulut, Aslıhan
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOndokuz Mayıs University
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Turkey)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAttitude
dc.subjectBehavior
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectFear
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.titleDental patients’ attitudes and behaviors towards and knowledge and fear of COVID-19
dc.typeArticle

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