ATTITUDE AND AWARENESS REGARDING COVID-19 IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO THE DEAPARTMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY PESHAWAR
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v11i01.170Keywords:
COVID-19; Coronavirus; Awareness, Attitude, Maxillofacial SurgeryAbstract
Objective:
To assess the attitude and awareness of COVID-19 infection among patients presenting to the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Materials and Methods:
This cross sectional study was conducted on 150 patients in the department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar from March 2020 to August 2020. Awareness and attitude scores were determined for each individual by allocating scores to different responses in such a way that a score of 1 was awarded for each positive response and a score of zero for each negative response. Thus, awareness was categorized as aware (score above 10) unaware (score 10 and below) while attitude was grouped as Good (score above 10) and poor (score 10 and below). Collected data was analyzed using SPSS v.20. Awareness and attitude categories were stratified among age groups, gender and educational levels using chi square / Fisher Exact Test. logistic regression was performed to know the strength of association taking awarness (yes/no) as an outcome variable.
Results:Out of 150 patients, 70.7% (106) were Male while 29.3% (44) were female with a male to female ratio of 2.4:1. The mean age was 33.12 ± 13.76 SD. Most of the participants were either illiterate (39.4%) or having only primary education (35.3%). One hundred and eleven (74%) were aware and 39 (26%) were unaware. Thirty two patients (21.3%) were having a good attitude towards precautionary measures and 118 (78.7%) were having a poor attitude. Statistically significant results (p-value <0.05) were only found in awareness category against educational level when logistic regression test was performed. Statistically significant odd ratio (OR) 4.125 (95% Cl 1.71-9.96) was shown for patients with a Master educational level.
Conclusion:
Majority of patients presenting to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Khyber College of Dentistry have an acceptable level of knowledge about COVID-19, but a poor attitude toward preventive measures. The study also found that educational attainment has a significant impact on patient awareness.
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