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CC BY 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2023; 13(02): 206-211
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750183
Original Article

Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Clinical Dental Students in the Oral Care of HIV/AIDS Patients

Naufal Taqiyuddin
1   Profession Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
,
Fatma Yasmin Mahdani 
2   Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
,
Diah Savitri Ernawati 
2   Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
,
Meircurius Dwi Condro Surboyo 
2   Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
,
Amalia Rizka 
3   Bachelor Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
,
Yassir Ahmad Azzaim 
3   Bachelor Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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Abstract

Introduction In the future, clinical dental students, as health service providers, will play a key role in the oral care of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) patients. Clinical dental students need to increase their knowledge of HIV because it is vital for the diagnosis and management of HIV/AIDS patients that they have a positive attitude regarding oral care behavior toward HIV/AIDS patients. This study aims to explain the relationship between the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of clinical dental students in the oral care of HIV/AIDS patients at Airlangga University Dental Hospital.

Materials and Methods This study used a cross-sectional approach with a sample of 132 respondents. The sample was taken by purposive sampling technique. The independent variable in this study was the attitudes and behavior of clinical dental students toward the care of HIV/AIDS patients. The dependent variable in this study was the knowledge and attitudes of clinical dental students toward the oral care of HIV/AIDS patients. The research data obtained were analyzed using Spearman's rho at ≤0.05.

Result There was significant correlation between knowledge and attitudes (p = 0.001, r = 0.596); knowledge and behavior (p = 0.001, r = 0.637); attitudes and behavior (p = 0.001, r = 0.699) of dentistry students in the care of HIV/AIDS patients oral cavity.

Conclusion Clinical dental students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS will influence their attitudes toward HIV/AIDS patients and their behavior in the oral care of HIV/AIDS. It is hoped that future research can be conducted by adding other independent variables to determine a wider range of factors that affect oral care in HIV/AIDS patients.

Keywords

attitudes - behavior - HIV/AIDS - knowledge

Ethical Approval

This study has received an ethical clearance certificate from Universitas Airlangga Faculty of Dental Medicine Health Research Ethical Clearance Commission under registered number 464 / HRECCC.FODM / X / 2020 on October 2020.


Authors' Contributions

NT designed the study, conducted the experiment, analyzed and interpreted data, and wrote the original draft of the article. FYM designed the study, supervised, analyzed and interpreted data, and wrote the original draft of the article. DSE designed the study, supervised, analyzed and interpreted data, and revised the final article. MDCS supervised and revised the final article. AR and YAA revised the final article.


All authors have critically reviewed and approved the final draft and are responsible for the content and similarity of the index of the manuscript.




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20 June 2022

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