Dentists’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding Hepatitis B and C and HIV/AIDS in Sanandaj, Iran

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Background

Healthcare workers including physicians, dentists, nurses and laboratory workers are considered to be among the groups at the risk of blood-borne pathogen transmission. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of dentists regarding infection control and basic principles.

Methods

This cross-sectional study recruited 106 dentists in Sanandaj, Iran. The dentists’ KAP regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV/AIDS were evaluated. Chi-square test, student’s t-test, and one-way ANOVA were used to assess differences between the groups. Data were analyzed in Stata 12.

Results

The results showed that the majority of the subjects in the study population (53.8%) were female. The mean ± standard deviation ( SD) for age and work experience was 39.6 ± 9.80 and 10.6 ± 8.7 years, respectively. The mean ± SD for knowledge, attitude and practices of participants was 37.3 ± 3.01, 22.9 ± 4.80 and 24.07 ± 5.06, respectively. The results also indicated that dentists’ higher level of knowledge about HBV, HCV and HIV/AIDS was significantly influenced by work experience (≥10 years; P < 0.001) and graduation year (after 2006: P < 0.001). Positive attitude towards HBV, HCV and HIV/AIDS was considerably influenced by age group (< 30 years: P = 0.021), work experience (≥10 years: P < 0.001), and workplace (dental office: P = 0.016).

Conclusions

The results of this study demonstrated a satisfactory level of knowledge and attitude of dentists about HBV, HCV and HIV/AIDS infections, but some gaps were observed, suggesting that higher knowledge level of dentists plays a very important role in forming the attitudes and practices regarding patients with HBV, HCV and HIV/AIDS.

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Masomeh Rostamzadeh: Masomehrostamzadeh460@gmail.com

Abdorrahim Afkhamzadeh: Afkhama@gmail.com

Sirus Afrooz: Sirus.afrooz@gmail.com

Kaveh Mohamadi: Kavem2@gmail.com

Mohammad Aziz Rasouli:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3359-774X

+98876331392 , Rasouli1010@gmail.com

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Oral Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Oral Health

Title: BMC Oral Health

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1472-6831

Publication date (Electronic): 18 December 2018

Publication date PMC-release: 18 December 2018

Publication date Collection: 2018

Volume: 18

Electronic Location Identifier: 220

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[1 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0417 6812, GRID grid.484406.a, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, , Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, ; Sanandaj, Iran

[2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0417 6812, GRID grid.484406.a, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, , Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, ; Sanandaj, Iran

[3 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0417 6812, GRID grid.484406.a, Dentistry Student, Faculty of Dentistry, Student Research Committee, , Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, ; Sanandaj, Iran

[4 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0417 6812, GRID grid.484406.a, DDS & Fellowship Oral Implantology (ICOI Fellowship), Faculty of Dentistry, , Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, ; Sanandaj, Iran

[5 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0417 6812, GRID grid.484406.a, Vice Chancellor for Educational and Research, Kowsar Hospital, , Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, ; Sanandaj, Iran

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DOI: 10.1186/s12903-018-0685-1

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Date received : 25 July 2017

Date accepted : 4 December 2018

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