Dental students HIVrelated knowledge

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Dental students HIV-related knowledge
attitudes A Multicentre study
An EDSA project

• Preliminary report, including results from Athens
  School of Dentistry.

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Epidemiological data December 2003
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New infections
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AIDS Dentistry

• The dentist must be capable of recognizing,
  documenting treating oral lesions related to
  the HIV/AIDS.
• Has the responsibility of referring patients
  presenting sings symptoms linked to the HIV
  infection for further trials.
• Contemporary curricula must entail theoretical
  and practical training of dental students in
  treating HIV-related oral lesions.

Source FDI Statement General Assembly 2003
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Aim methods

• To study of HIV-related knowledge, perceptions
  and attitudes of dental students.
• To explore the effect of gender and study level
  on the above.

• Aim

• Anonymous questionnaire of 56 closed-end
  questions (yes/no, 4-point Likert scale)
• Distributed to all clinical-year (4th, 5th)
  students, officially registered in Athens Dental
  School, in November 2003.
• For the data analysis Chi2 and Wilcoxon tests
  were performed.

Materials methods
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Results

• Response
• 269 questionnaires were returned and analyzed

• Sample description
• The sample was consisted of 144 (53.5) female
  and 122 (45.3) male students.

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Summary of answers results of Univariate
analysis
1 x2 test ( denotes plt0.05, plt10-3)
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Summary of answers results of Univariate
analysis
1 Wilcoxon test ( denotes plt0.05,
plt10-3)
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Results
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Results
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Results
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Results
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Results
Wilcoxon test plt0.05
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Results
Wilcoxon test plt0.05
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Discussion

• Cross-sectional
• Time of conduction
• Generalizability of conclusions

• Knowledge of the routes of transmission of HIV.
• Laboratory findings (RLCgtRPC)

• 82 of the respondents considered that the
  practice of dentistry entails high risk of being
  infected with HIV.
• 2/3 of the students answered that they treat all
  patients as potential carriers of HIV/HBV.
• 59 of the 5th year students stated that they
  have been injured by a sharp and/or bloody
  instrument during their clinical training.

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Discussion

• 80 of the Brazilian dental students considered
  all patients as potential HIV/HBV carriers.
• 60 were positive when asked whether they would
  be willing to treat HIV patients in their future
  dental practice.
• (Oliveira et al. Brazilian dental students
  knowledge and attitudes towards HIV infection.
  AIDS Care. 2002 Aug14(4)569-76)
• 97 of the British dental students perceived
  their knowledge of the cross-infection
  precautions and practices as probably sufficient
  or excellent.
• (Gilbert AD, Nuttall NM. Knowledge of the human
  immunodeficiency virus among final year dental
  students. J Dent. 1994 Aug22(4)229-35. )

• The curriculum of the 4th study year seems to
  influence significantly dental students
  knowledge and attitudes toward the HIV-infection.
• Further investigation is suggested among
  different student groups.

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