Practice of Modified Safety Measures for Covid-19 Adopted by Dental Health Care Providers and Barriers Faced by Them: Practice of Modified Safety Measures for COVID-19

Rehmatullah  Kandhro; Khalida Naz Memon; Shazia  Parveen Rajpar; Nida  Talpur; Zobia  Nissa; Qasim  Khalid

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v4i04.649

Authors

Rehmatullah Kandhro Department of Community Dentistry, Liaquat Uuniversity of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan
Khalida Naz Memon Department of Community Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Shazia Parveen Rajpar Department of Community Dentistry, Liaquat Uuniversity of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan
Nida Talpur Department of Community Dentistry, Liaquat Uuniversity of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan
Zobia Nissa Department of Oral Pathology, Isra University, Hyderabad, Pakistan
Qasim Khalid Department of Orthodontics, Avicenna Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v4i04.649

Keywords:

COVID-19, Dentists, Practice Modifications, Protective Measures, Safety

Abstract

The COVID-19 infection has influenced almost everyone belonging to every walk of life especially dental practitioners are introduced to a higher bet of getting infected because of close contact with such patients. The COVID-19 has put an enormous hassle on clinical benefits system across the globe. The dental practice is to highly needed change in accordance with the new scourge circumstance in order to reduce the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission. Objective: To investigate practice of modified safety measures by the dentists regarding COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among dentists working at Institute of dentistry Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, Dental outpatient department of Hyderabad, and private dental practitioners of Hyderabad city, Pakistan by convenience sampling technique. The analysis of data were conducted using SPSS version 23.0 after adjusting the potential confounders and to analyze association between dentist response and age, gender, and other characteristics by applying Chi-Square test. Results: Most of the dental professionals are scared of developing COVID-19 from a patient or co-worker (83.17%) and are well known about its transmission (93.36%) and use PPE (74.17%). Conclusions: Although having a high valuable level of knowledge and practice, dental practitioners around the world are in a state of anxiety and dread while working in their respective fields due to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on mankind.

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