An Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Among Dental Interns of Odisha on Swain Flu.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 9
Abstract
Context- Influenza is few of the most contagious disease with attack rate of 5% to 20%. The transmission is via droplet and dental professional work in close proximity of patient’s oral cavity. This put dental professionals, in particular intern, at risk of being infected by H1N1 influenza. Objectives-To assess knowledge attitude and practice regarding H1N1 influenza among inter. Methods- A self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used to survey all the interns present on the day of study and were willing to participate, in all dental colleges of Odisha. Results- Among males, 58.67% had high level of knowledge and 41.33% had low level of knowledge and among females 66.47% had high level of knowledge and 33.53% had low level of knowledge. It was seen in this study that interns who had higher knowledge had better attitude towards prevention of swine flu and knowledge to attitude score was significantly correlated (r=0.2464).It was also inferred that interns who had better attitude, practiced more towards the prevention of swine flu and attitude to practice score was significantly correlated (r=0.5471). Conclusions- It was found in this study that more than half of the dental interns had satisfactory knowledge regarding H1N1 influenza (swine flu), and interns with good level of knowledge had more positive attitude towards the preventive measures regarding H1N1 influenza (swine flu).
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RR Jha, Priyaranjan .
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- DOI 10.9790/0853-1709083235.
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