Abstract:Objectives:
COVID-19 has badly affected the global economy, also affecting the health-care sector with a major effect on dentistry. It is important to understand the reason behind it from patient’s perspective, by knowing their awareness, perception, and willingness toward dental treatment during COVID-19 times. This might help the dentist to increase patient inflow.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey. A validated questionnaire was circulated to participants b… Show more
“…Dentists have a high risk of being infected with COVID-19 because they are exposed to droplets directly when working with patients (Fallahi et al, 2020;Spagnuolo et al, 2020;Umeh et al, 2021). The patient's awareness of contracting an infection during the handling procedure is one of the considerations in carrying out dental care in health services (Ahmed et al, 2020;Kokane et al, 2022). One study reported that patients who thought they could be infected with COVID-19 during dental treatment and were likely to be infected by other patients at the treatment site had higher anxiety scores than those who thought otherwise (Karagözoğlu & Parlar, 2021).…”
Background: Until this study was designed, there have been no studies related to internal risk factors from the patient's side in carrying out oral health care during the COVID-19 period, especially in Malang City. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between internal determinants of visitors to the Malang City Health Center in carrying out dental health care during the covid 19 period.Methods: The research design in this study was quantitative observational with a cross sectional approach. In this study cluster, random sampling was conducted in 4 sub-districts in Malang. The number of samples is 343 respondents. The instrument used was a questionnaire with the variables measured were attitudes, motivations, knowledge, perceptions and actions to take care of. The analysis used was univariate using percentages, bivariate using chi-square test and multivariate using logistic regression.Result: The results of the analysis obtained that the influence on the act of performing treatment can be explained by 23.5 percent by perceptions, motivations, knowledge, and attitudes, while the rest of the other influences are explained by other factors.Conclusion: The motivation and attitude variables of the respondents showed a significant influence. Meanwhile, the respondent's perception and knowledge variable did not show any significant effect.
“…Dentists have a high risk of being infected with COVID-19 because they are exposed to droplets directly when working with patients (Fallahi et al, 2020;Spagnuolo et al, 2020;Umeh et al, 2021). The patient's awareness of contracting an infection during the handling procedure is one of the considerations in carrying out dental care in health services (Ahmed et al, 2020;Kokane et al, 2022). One study reported that patients who thought they could be infected with COVID-19 during dental treatment and were likely to be infected by other patients at the treatment site had higher anxiety scores than those who thought otherwise (Karagözoğlu & Parlar, 2021).…”
Background: Until this study was designed, there have been no studies related to internal risk factors from the patient's side in carrying out oral health care during the COVID-19 period, especially in Malang City. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between internal determinants of visitors to the Malang City Health Center in carrying out dental health care during the covid 19 period.Methods: The research design in this study was quantitative observational with a cross sectional approach. In this study cluster, random sampling was conducted in 4 sub-districts in Malang. The number of samples is 343 respondents. The instrument used was a questionnaire with the variables measured were attitudes, motivations, knowledge, perceptions and actions to take care of. The analysis used was univariate using percentages, bivariate using chi-square test and multivariate using logistic regression.Result: The results of the analysis obtained that the influence on the act of performing treatment can be explained by 23.5 percent by perceptions, motivations, knowledge, and attitudes, while the rest of the other influences are explained by other factors.Conclusion: The motivation and attitude variables of the respondents showed a significant influence. Meanwhile, the respondent's perception and knowledge variable did not show any significant effect.
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