Bibliographic citations
Lecca, A., (2023). Conocimiento y actitud de los Cirujanos Dentistas de La Región La Libertad frente a la Covid-19, noviembre 2020 [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/10624
Lecca, A., Conocimiento y actitud de los Cirujanos Dentistas de La Región La Libertad frente a la Covid-19, noviembre 2020 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/10624
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title = "Conocimiento y actitud de los Cirujanos Dentistas de La Región La Libertad frente a la Covid-19, noviembre 2020",
author = "Lecca Mendoza, Ana Thalia",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO",
year = "2023"
}
To determine the level of knowledge and attitude of dental surgeons in the region of La Libertad regarding COVID-19, November 2020. Methodology: The study was observational, descriptive and cross-sectional. It included a total of 218 dental surgeons registered in the Peruvian Dental Association of the La Libertad Region up to May 2020. The simple randomized probabilistic method was used to select the sample. The level of knowledge and attitude was evaluated by means of a Google Forms questionnaire with a total of nine items, where five questions were on knowledge and four on attitude. This instrument was subjected to expert validation and reliability through a pilot test. The collected data were processed in an automated way in the statistical program SPSS Statistics 22.0. Results: 52.29% of dental surgeons had good and very good level of knowledge on the subject, while between 99.08% and 100% presented a positive attitude in relation to the prevention of infection, in considering that COVID-19 is a health risk for their patients, their health and their family's health, as well as that it is necessary to give recommendations to patients about it Conclusions: the majority of dental surgeons had a good and very good level of knowledge on the subject. Also, almost all of them had a positive attitude towards the prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
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