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Preventive measures for COVID-19 among dental students and dentists during the mandatory social isolation in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020

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dc.contributor.author Flores-Quispe, Brenda Melissa
dc.contributor.author Ruiz-Reyes, Renato Alejandro
dc.contributor.author Leon Manco, Roberto Antonio
dc.contributor.author Agudelo-Suárez, Andrés
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-01T13:53:56Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-01T13:53:56Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11719
dc.description.abstract Background. Dentistry is one of the professions that are most exposed to the contagion with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the prevalence and positivity rates of COVID-19 are low in dentists, indicating that the current measures of infection control may be sufficient to prevent infection in dental settings. Objectives. The aim of the study was to determine whether the preventive measures for COVID-19 during the mandatory social isolation were followed by dental students and dentists in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020. Material and methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using anonymous virtual surveys in a convenience sample of 2,036 dental students and dentists from 21 Latin American and Caribbean coun-tries. The variables were the preventive measures for COVID-19 and the sociodemographic characteristics. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed. Results. The final sample included 2,036 dental students and dentists. The self-perceived level of knowledge about COVID-19 was found to be associated with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), the type of academic training, having a specialty in the case of professionals, the place of origin, and having met someone with COVID-19 (p < 0.05). The self-perceived level of concern regarding COVID-19 was associated with sex, BMI and having met someone with COVID-19 (p < 0.05). The number of days in the mandatory social isolation was associated with age, the type of academic training, having a specialty, the place of origin, and having met someone with COVID-19 (p < 0.05). The confinement level was associated with age, sex, BMI, the type of academic training, and having met someone with COVID-19 (p < 0.05). Following the preventive measures for COVID-19 was associated with age, the type of academic training, having a specialty, the place of origin, and having met someone with COVID-19 (p < 0.05). The use of face masks, hand washing and social distancing were associated with age, BMI, the type of academic training, the place of origin, and having met someone with COVID-19 (p < 0.05). Conclusions. Dental students and dentists followed the preventive measures for COVID-19 during the mandatory social isolation period in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wroclaw Medical University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Dental and Medical Problems
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Oral Health en_US
dc.subject Prevention and Control en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject Coronavirus Infections en_US
dc.title Preventive measures for COVID-19 among dental students and dentists during the mandatory social isolation in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020 en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.17219/dmp/142033
dc.relation.issn 1644-387X


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