Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Dental Students About COVID-19

NCT04449081 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: MelakaMMC
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 215
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated "COVID- 19") is a pandemic respiratory disease that is caused by a novel coronavirus and was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The disease is highly infectious, and its main clinical symptoms include fever, dry cough, fatigue, myalgia, and dyspnoea.1 In China, 18.5% of the patients with COVID-19 developed to the severe stage, which is characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, difficult-to-tackle metabolic acidosis, and bleeding and coagulation dysfunction. After China, COVID-19 spread across the world and many governments implemented unprecedented measures like suspension of public transportation, the closing of public spaces, close management of communities, and isolation and care for infected people and suspected cases. The Malaysian government had enforced Movement Control Order (MCO) from 18th March to 4th May 2020 and henceforth Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) until 9th June 2020. The battle against COVID-19 is still continuing in Malaysia and all over the world. Due to the CMO and CMCO in the country, public and private universities have activated the e-learning mode for classes and as the government ordered, universities are closed and no face-to-face activities allowed. This has forced students of all disciplines including dentistry to stay at home which are wide-spread across Malaysia and shift to e- learning mode. To guarantee the final success for fight against COVID-19, regardless of their education status, students' adherence to these control measures are essential, which is largely affected by their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 in accordance with KAP theory. Once the restrictions are eased students have to come back and resume their clinical work in the campus. Hence, in this study we assessed the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 and the students preference for online learning.

Conditions

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Corona Virus Infection; Acute Lung Injury; Fever; Myalgia; Cough; Dyspnea; Septic Shock; Bleeding

Keywords

Humans; COVID-19; Online learning; Perception

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge, Attitude, Practice of dental students towards COVID-19

  KAP towards COVID-19 was assessed using validated questionnnaire

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Awareness level about Infection control to prevent COVID-19 transmission in clinics

  4 months

• Preference towards online learning.

  4 months

Interventions

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Awareness, Preference BEHAVIORAL

KAP, Awareness level and Preference were assessed using questionnaires

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All consenting participants of year 3, 4 and undergraduate dental students studying at Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Melaka, were included in the study

You may qualify if:

• All consenting participants of year 3, 4 and undergraduate dental students studying at Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Melaka
• Age - 18-30 years
• All gender

You may not qualify if:

• Incomplete questionnaires

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Melaka Manipal Medical College: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College

Melaka Tengah, Melaka, 57150, Malaysia

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Zhong BL, Luo W, Li HM, Zhang QQ, Liu XG, Li WT, Li Y. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among Chinese residents during the rapid rise period of the COVID-19 outbreak: a quick online cross-sectional survey. Int J Biol Sci. 2020 Mar 15;16(10):1745-1752. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.45221. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 32226294 BACKGROUND

• Khader Y, Al Nsour M, Al-Batayneh OB, Saadeh R, Bashier H, Alfaqih M, Al-Azzam S, AlShurman BA. Dentists' Awareness, Perception, and Attitude Regarding COVID-19 and Infection Control: Cross-Sectional Study Among Jordanian Dentists. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 Apr 9;6(2):e18798. doi: 10.2196/18798.

  PMID: 32250959 BACKGROUND

• Asiry MA. Dental students' perceptions of an online learning. Saudi Dent J. 2017 Oct;29(4):167-170. doi: 10.1016/j.sdentj.2017.03.005. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

  PMID: 29033527 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Coronavirus Infections; Acute Lung Injury; Fever; Myalgia; Cough; Dyspnea; Shock, Septic; Hemorrhage; COVID-19

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiration Disorders; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Lung Injury; Body Temperature Changes; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Musculoskeletal Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Sepsis; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Inflammation; Pathologic Processes; Shock; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections

Study Officials

• Rajesh Hosadurga, Ph.D

  Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 25, 2020
• First Posted: June 26, 2020
• Study Start: April 25, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 10, 2020
• Study Completion: June 20, 2020
• Last Updated: September 2, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

MY (1)