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Salas, L., Melgarejo, L. (2021). Conocimiento, percepción y actitudes de las medidas de prevención frente a la COVID-19 entre odontólogos de distintos distritos de Lima, Perú durante el mes de septiembre del 2020 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659135
Salas, L., Melgarejo, L. Conocimiento, percepción y actitudes de las medidas de prevención frente a la COVID-19 entre odontólogos de distintos distritos de Lima, Perú durante el mes de septiembre del 2020 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659135
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title = "Conocimiento, percepción y actitudes de las medidas de prevención frente a la COVID-19 entre odontólogos de distintos distritos de Lima, Perú durante el mes de septiembre del 2020",
author = "Melgarejo Salazar, Luis Fernando",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2021"
}
Objective: To determine differences between knowledge, perception and attitudes of prevention measures related to COVID-19 among dentists in the different districts of Lima, Peru with the highest and lowest number of infected people. Methods: The sample size was a total of 117 dentists belonging to the districts with the highest number of infected and 125 from the districts with the lowest number of infected. Those districts of both extremes were based on the contagion rates that they presented in August 2020 according to the Ministry of Health. A questionnaire was used as an instrument that consisted of 33 closed multiple-choice questions and was distributed via social networks. For the univariate analysis, the descriptive statistics were obtained where the absolute and relative frequency measures were calculated for the dependent, independent and covariate variables. For the bivariate analysis, a comparison was made between the variables of knowledge, perception, and attitudes with the dentists of the districts with the highest and lowest number of infected using the Chi-square test. Results: The dentists of the districts with the highest number of infected have greater knowledge about the main symptoms, transmission routes and prevention measures against COVID-19 compared to the dentists of the districts with the lowest number of infected. In addition, those with the highest number of infected perceive COVID-19 as very dangerous, while those with the least number of infected perceive it as moderately dangerous and very dangerous in equal proportions. Finally, regarding attitude, those with the highest number of infected do not care for a suspicious patient and refer them to a health center, while those with the least number of infected do care and refer them to a health center. Conclusion: Finally, differences were found between knowledge, perception and attitudes of the prevention measures related to COVID-19 among the dentists of the different districts of Lima, Peru with the highest and lowest number of infected.
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