Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
European Journal Of Research in Dentistry, cilt.8, sa.3, ss.92-98, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and competences of dentists in the Turkish community regarding infection control.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive, online survey was conducted from July to December 2020, in Turkey. A survey was circulated via e-mail and WhatsApp groups to dentists. The survey consists of thirty questions with two parts. The first part included demographic data about the participants. The second part included questions designed to evaluate dentists’ awareness of and attitudes toward infection control. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS version 29.0
software. A p value of <0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance
Results: A total of 238 people responded to our survey. Among the participants, 127 were female and 111 were male, with a mean age of 38.5 ± 12.5 years. All of them are dentists and studying or working in Turkey. Ninety-five of the participants considered themselves in the risk group related to infectious diseases. It was observed that dentists in universities took more anamnesis about infectious diseases from patients than dentists working in other places (p < .05). Compared with men, women
are significantly more likely to be vaccinated against hepatitis B (p < .05).
Conclusions: This study provides data on the level of infection control compliance among dentists in Turkey. The results of the present study revealed that knowledge about infection control was greater than that reported in previous studies.
Keywords: Blood-borne pathogens, dentists, infection control, surveys and questionnaires, infectious disease transmission.