COVID-19: conhecimentos e atitudes dos cirurgiõesdentistas e estudantes de odontologia em tempos de pandemia

• Ano de defesa: 2020
• Autor(a) principal: Petinati, Maria Fernanda Pivetta
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Positivo; Brasil; Pós-Graduação; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia Clínica; UP
• Palavras-chave em Português: Odontologia; Infecções por coronavírus; Formulário; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/2181

The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of dentists and dental undergraduates regarding COVID-19. This survey was conducted from July 8 to August 8, 2020, that until then, which correspond to the epidemiological weeks with the highest number of cases in southern Brazil. The individuals were invited to participate in the survey and received a structured and self-administered online questionnaire via Google Forms (Alphabet, Mountain View, CA, USA). Initially, participants answered questions regarding sociodemographic data on age, gender, region of origin, working time, education, and activity sector. The second section was about the dentist's knowledge about COVID-19, addressing the symptoms, incubation period, means of transmission. The last section contained questions about the dentist's attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic, in which they were asked about service offered in pandemic times, PPEs, means of prevention, emergency with suspect case and urgency with confirmed case. The data were submitted to descriptive and inferential statistics with a 5% significance level between the sociodemographic variables with the knowledge and attitudes of the participants of the study on COVID-19. Total of 476 participants with a median age of 29 years (19 - 86), being 26.7% men and 73.3% women. Most of the participants are from South/Southeast Brazil (91.2%) and have time worked up to 15 years (57.4%). Most of the participants were graduated or specialized (54.9%) and did not work in universities as an activity sector. About the knowledge of the symptoms of COVID-19 the participants answered the most common of COVID-19 (99.4% for fever, 95.2% for cough and 99.2% for difficulty to breathe), but there was a gap in the recognition of more unusual symptoms, such as 30.5% for rhinorrhea and 29.6% for skin rash. In relation to the incubation period 56.3% answered from 1 to 14 days. The percentage of participants who responded in relation to the primary mode of transmission of COVID-19 was 98.3%, but had greater difficulty in recognizing indirect transmission of the virus (70.4%). Among the attitudes taken by the participants about the service offered during the pandemic period, 45% responded that they normally attend only with longer intervals between patients. Older participants indicated more the option of using the N95/PFF2 mask than younger participants (p = 0.013). About the means of prevention, participants with master's and PhD answered that they use more mouthwash with pre-procedure Hydrogen Peroxide than the students (p = 0.011). The conduct of a part of the participants related to the education and case of emergency in a patient with COVID-19 did not follow the recommendations proposed by the local council (p = 0.007). Therefore, we can conclude that the knowledge about COVID-19 of the participants was satisfactory, however, in relation to attitudes there is a divergence from that proposed by the regulatory agencies. It is important to emphasize that in face of this moment of uncertainty, it is necessary to be always attentive to new scientific evidence on the subject.