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Occupational Hepatitis B Exposure: A Peek into Indian Dental Students’ Knowledge, Opinion, and Preventive Practices
Joint Authors
Kumar, Sandeep
Debnath, Nitai
Kumar, Arunoday
Kumar, Amit
Basak, Debashish
Dasar, Pralhad
Kumar Singh, Siddharth
Gupta, Anjali
Mishra, Prashant
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-08-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To determine the level of knowledge, opinions, and preventive practices followed by dental students against Hepatitis B.
The study also explored if any correlation existed between knowledge, opinion, and preventive practices score.
Materials and Methods.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in a dental teaching institution.
The subjects comprised 216 dental students.
The study was conducted using a pretested, self-administered questionnaire.
The questionnaire was prepared to assess knowledge, opinion, and preventive practices against Hepatitis B.
Kruskal-Wallis and Kendall Tau test were performed.
Results.
The study found that only 44.4% of the students were vaccinated with Hepatitis B vaccine.
59.3% of the students reported washing their hands after contact with patient’s body fluids.
63.9% used personal protective measures like facemask, aprons, head cap, eye shields, and so forth, while treating patients.
Median knowledge, opinion, and practice scores were found to be 5.00, 3.00, and 3.00, respectively.
Significant correlation was obtained between knowledge and preventive practices score (r=0.385, p value <0.0001).
Conclusion.
Effective measures need to be taken to improve preventive practices of the students to prevent them from risk of Hepatitis transmission.
Mandatory vaccination against Hepatitis B needs to be implemented.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kumar, Sandeep& Basak, Debashish& Kumar, Amit& Dasar, Pralhad& Mishra, Prashant& Kumar, Arunoday…[et al.]. 2015. Occupational Hepatitis B Exposure: A Peek into Indian Dental Students’ Knowledge, Opinion, and Preventive Practices. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067002
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kumar, Sandeep…[et al.]. Occupational Hepatitis B Exposure: A Peek into Indian Dental Students’ Knowledge, Opinion, and Preventive Practices. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067002
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kumar, Sandeep& Basak, Debashish& Kumar, Amit& Dasar, Pralhad& Mishra, Prashant& Kumar, Arunoday…[et al.]. Occupational Hepatitis B Exposure: A Peek into Indian Dental Students’ Knowledge, Opinion, and Preventive Practices. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067002
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1067002