Shahed University

An Evaluation of the Knowledge and Attitude Levels of the Senior Students of Dentistry Schools Regarding Infection-Control

Hasan Semyari | ROKHSAREH SADEGHI | Z EBRAHIMI
URL :   http://research.shahed.ac.ir/WSR/WebPages/Report/PaperView.aspx?PaperID=137203
Date :  2007/01/09
Publish in :    دانشور پزشکي- دانشور سابق

Link :  https://www.sid.ir/en/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=85133
Keywords :CROSS, INFECTION CONTROL, STERILIZATION OF INSTRUMENT, DISINFECTION, INFECTION PREVENTION

Abstract :
Introduction: Transmission of infection is highly probable during the dental treatments. Thus, observing the infection-control remedies and regulations under such circumstances is essential to maintain the dentists, patients and the staff of dentistry clinics safe and healthy. Therefore, the researcher was motivated to carry out a research related to the attitude and knowledge level of the senior students studying in the Dentistry schools of Tehran University, Shahed University, Shahid Beheshty University as well as Islamic Open University concerning the infection-control issue during 2001-2003. Materials & Method: To conduct the research, a questionnaire including 46 questions in two separate sections; namely, Knowledge section and Attitude section was designed. The sample included of students 170. Results: Having rated the questions and classified the scores into four groups of poor, Average, Good and high, the researcher analyzed the results, which revealed that in knowledge section, 1.8 percent of the whole research population (3 out of 170 subjects) got poor scores, 25.3 percent (43 out of 170 subjects) proved average, 68.8 percent (117 out of 170 subjects) got good and the remaining 4.1 percent (7 out of 170 subjects) obtained high scores. However, in the Attitude section, 15.5 percent (26 out of 168 subjects) proved poor, 73.2 percent (123 out of 168 subjects) were average and the remaining 11.3 percent (19 out of 168 subjects) got good scores. Conclusion: Pearson correlation coefficient proved that a positive correlation exists among the students knowledge, attitude level and infection-control (p 0.01).