- CODEN : IAJPBB
- issn 2349-7750
TITLE:
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF THE DENTAL STUDENTS AND INTERNS TOWARDS RADIATION PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN QASSEM PROVINCE
AUTHORS:
Azhar Ibrahim Alobaysi, dental student, Dr. Elluru Venkatesh, M.S, Dr.Thakur Rajesh Singh, M.D.S
ABSTRACT:
Background: Dentists and dental students are exposed routinely to radiation in dental clinic. These radiations affect tissues by either direct or indirect effect resulting from forming free radicals, which can kill large number of cells (deterministic effect) or kill individual cells (stochastic effect). Objectives: to evaluate degree of knowledge, attitude and practices of the dental students and interns in Qassem province towards radiation safety and protection and compare it between males and females. Methods: This is across sectional questionnaire-based study, included 203 dental students and interns in Al Qassem province. The questionnaire is formed of two parts; the first part included demographic data including age, gender, college, and academic degree. The second part is formed of nineteen multiple choice questions to evaluate the degree of knowledge, attitude and practice of dental students and interns about radiation safety and protection. Results: between 203 dental students and interns, 52.7% were females and 47.3% were males. Among them 15% were postgraduate and 84.3% were undergraduate students. Over all 203 student responses, 61% had correct answers and 39% had wrong answers. After comparing results of males and females’ answers, we detected that females have more knowledge than males regarding radiation safety and protection. Conclusion: Results of this study revealed that dental students and interns' knowledge and practice about radiation safety and protection is average, with lower knowledge among males and have to be improved to be optimal through more education programs
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