TY  - JOUR
TI  - Knowledge and Attitudes of Dental Students on COVID-19:
A Survey Study from Türkiye
AB  - This study aimed to evaluate undergraduate
dental students' knowledge and attitudes about Coronavirus disease2019 (COVID-19) under the influence of their clinical experience from
different universities. Material and Methods: An electronic survey
formed via Google Forms with 29 questions was sent to dentistry students from social media platforms. Answers were collected between
May 17, 2020 and June 6, 2020 electronically. The estimated sample
size with 95% significance and 5% Type II error was 382 participants.
Chi-square tests were used to compare ratios and the significance level
was set at p<0.05. Results: Survey was responded by 840 students.
Only 37% of the students have clinical experience while the others have
not. Students know symptoms, transmission routes, incubation period,
and the mortality rate of COVID-19. More than 80% of students specify that the dental profession and education will change significantly
because of COVID-19 (p<0.05) especially endodontics, conservative
dentistry, and oral surgery. Production of the vaccine has a significant
positive effect on the stress levels of students when treating a patient infected with COVID-19 or a patient with symptoms of COVID-19
(p<0.05). During the COVID-19 pandemic, online sources such as social media, scientific websites play an essential role in gathering information. Conclusion: Students have a good level of knowledge about
COVID-19. Clinical practice has a significant effect on students' perception levels. It seems that students would be stressed even during the
treatment of patients with negative COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test until the introduction of definitive treatment.
AU  - Deniz Sungur, Derya
AU  - Nagas, Emre
AU  - Uzunoglu-Ozyurek, Emel
AU  - uyanik, mehmet ozgur
DO  - 10.5336/dentalsci.2021-85549
PY  - 2022
JO  - Türkiye Klinikleri Diş Hekimliği Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-7734
SP  - 396
EP  - 410
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/519320
ER  -