A survey on the AIDS-related knowledge of dental undergraduate students in three universities

Wenzhi DU; Jie Liu; Huaxiang Zhao; Jinxia Gao; Yufei You; Yi LU; Dandan Pei

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A survey on the AIDS-related knowledge of dental undergraduate students in three universities

VernacularTitle:3所大学口腔医学本科实习生的艾滋病相关认知情况调查
Author: Wenzhi DU ; Jie LIU ; Huaxiang ZHAO ; Jinxia GAO ; Yufei YOU ; Yi LU ; Dandan PEI
Keywords: Stomatology; Undergraduate intern; AIDS; Questionnaire survey; Infection pre-vention education
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2017;16(9):952-957
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To understand the present condition of preclinical dental undergraduate in-terns' AIDS-related knowledge. Methods The questionnaire was designed referring to domestic and foreign relevant questionnaires. The cluster sampling method was used to conduct the questionnaire survey among the undergraduates who started their clinical internship in July 2016 in three domestic colleges, using SPSS 14.0 statistical software to analyze it. Results In this survey, 144 questionnaires were distributed, and 144 ones were filled out and sent back. The survey results suggested that 97.22％ (140) of interns held a posi-tive attitude towards aiding HIV-infected patients despite that 96.53％ (139) of interns knew that dental medical staff was considered to be highly susceptible with HIV. In spite of the fact that most interns knew AIDS-related knowledge and protection measures, 40.28％ (58) of interns were not clear about incubation period of AIDS, and the average awareness of children's AIDS and methods to disinfect HIV-infected dental instruments was less than half in the interns. Meanwhile it was found that 86.81％ (125) of interns didn't perform well in terms of complying with the principles of confidentiality in AIDS prevention and treatment. Conclusion Dental clinical interns' attitudes towards AIDS-infected patients should be praised. Further-more, they should accept education about infection control to have a deeper understanding about AIDS-related clinical manifestations and legal knowledge in order to reduce the probability of nosocomial infec-tion of AIDS.