Comprehensive Knowledge and Preparedness among Dental Community to Confront COVID-19-A Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: The healthcare policy changes need to be updated for better management of the COVID-19 outbreak; hence, there is an urgent need to understand the knowledge and preparedness of healthcare workers regarding the infection control COVID-19. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the knowledge and preparedness towards COVID-19 among dentists, undergraduate, and postgraduates in dental universities one year after the COVID-19 outbreak. The multi-centric cross-sectional study was conducted by evaluating 395 structured, pre-coded, and validated questionnaires obtained from sample units comprising full-time dental students (undergraduates, interns, and postgraduates) and dentists who were currently in practice and who were able to comprehend the languages English or Arabic. The first part of t

SUBMITTER: Almutairi NF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature