Evaluation of dentists’ and dentistry faculty students’ knowledge about HIV/AIDS and approaches to the HIV/AIDS patients*

dc.contributor.authorAdıgüzel, Özkan
dc.contributor.authorErpaça, Begüm
dc.contributor.authorSonkaya, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorCangül, Suzan
dc.contributor.authorSatıcı, Ömer
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Samet
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T19:11:43Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T19:11:43Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study is conducted to measure theknowledge of dentists and dentistry students about AIDS andto evaluate their perspectives, attitudes and behaviors towardsHIV-infected individuals.Material and Methods: This study was conducted on DicleUniversity Faculty of Dentistry 4th and 5th grade students anddentists. As a result of 2 different questionnaires, evaluationsare made on the knowledge of dentists and students about thedisease, how they behave towards the patients and theirdeficiencies. One Way ANOVA test is used for statisticalanalysis.Results: When the results of the first questionnaire wereconsidered in the evaluation of the data, the most correctlyanswered question is ‘‘It is not possible to infect HIV to thepatient from healthcare provider’ with 93.6%“disagree”response and the most incorrectly answered question is ‘If thepatient's HIV antibodies are positive, the patient is absolutelyimmune’ with 30.8% “disagree” response.Conclusions: According to the surveys and analysis dentistsand dentistry faculty students have knowledge about HIV/ AIDSbut it is not sufficient. Their negative perception of thesepatients need to be worked on. For this reason, HIV infectionrelated trainings should be organized for dentists and dentistrystudentsen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.15311/selcukdentj.568215
dc.identifier.endpage279en_US
dc.identifier.issn2148-7529
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage273en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid371328
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.568215
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/371328
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/28167
dc.identifier.volume7en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSelcuk Dental Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of dentists’ and dentistry faculty students’ knowledge about HIV/AIDS and approaches to the HIV/AIDS patients*en_US
dc.titleEvaluation of dentists’ and dentistry faculty students’ knowledge about HIV/AIDS and approaches to the HIV/AIDS patients*
dc.typeArticleen_US

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