Murat GÜNBATAN, Berk TOLONAY, CEYDA ÖZÇAKIR TOMRUK, Gonca Duygu ÇAPAR

Yeditepe Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi öğrencilerinin HIV/ AIDS konusundaki farkındalıkları, bilgi düzeyleri ve tutumları

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı,Yeditepe Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi öğrencilerinin, HIV/AIDS açısından risk grubunda olan bireyleri belirlemek, HIV/AIDS'in olası bulaş yolları, HIV/AIDS'in teşhis ve doğrulanmasında kullanılan testler, HIV'nin bulunabileceği vücut sıvıları, ve AIDS'in ağız içi belirtileri ile ilgili bilgi düzeylerini saptamak, bilgiye ulaşım yollarını belirlemek, AIDS hastalarına karşı tutum ve görüşlerini, tedavi etmedeki yeterliliklerini ve farkındalıklarını değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Yeditepe Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi'nde, 250 öğrenciye, HIV/AIDS bilgi düzeyleri, AIDS hastalarına karşı tutum ve görüşleri konusundaki 77 sorudan oluşan anket formları dağıtıldı. Verilerin istatistiksel analizinde Kruskal Wallis test, Mann Whitney test, Continuity (Yates) Correction, ki kare test ve Fisher Exact ki kare test kullanıldı. Veriler p

Awareness, knowledge and attitudes of dental students in Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry towards individuals with HIV/ AIDS

Aim: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the dental students' knowledge and awareness about HIV/ AIDS, transmission routes of HIV/AIDS, diagnosing tests, body fluids contaminated by HIV and oral symptoms of AIDS. Asecondary aim was to assess the need foradditional education about HIV/AIDS. Materials and Methods: questionnaire including 77 questions was used to evaluate the dental students' knowledge levels, awareness and attitudes towards HIV/ AIDS(n:250). KruskalWallis test, Mann Whitney test, Continuity (Yates) Correction, Chi square test and Fisher Exact Chi square test were used for statistical analysis of data. p< 0.05 was set significant. Results: Overall, the response rate was 90.9%. The mean age of the students were 21.66 years. Among the respondents the level of knowledge of risk groups (94%) and transmission routes was high (85.7%). The knowledge level of HIV diagnosing tests except ELISA, were low (63.5%). All of the students answered correctly the blood as body fluids containing HIV virus. However, their knowledge level about saliva, breast milk, cerebrospinal fluid and feces were low (52.5%). Regarding intraoral manifestations, the fifth grade students had significantly higher knowledge than the first grade students respectively, (95.3% and 15.3%). The majority of the students (90.8%) thought that each patient should be considered potentially infections. Most of the students (77.8%) were concerned about being infected with HIV by theirpatients. 81.6% of the students thought that their knowledge was not adequate, and 87.2% of the students need further education. Conclusion: According to these findings, efficacious education programs should be prepared to establish positive attitudes to HIV/AIDS patients, especially for the preclinical students.

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