Table 4.
Attitude of Study Participants Towards COVID-19 Patients Dental Care
| Items | Attitude | Response | % | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will you treat a patient diagnosed with COVID19 infection | Yes | 23.3 | 83 | |
| No* | 76.7 | 273 | |||
| 2 | Will you treat a patient suspected of COVID-19 infection | Yes | 30.3 | 108 | |
| No* | 69.7 | 248 | |||
| 3 | Will you provide only emergency dental treatment to COVID-19 diagnosed patients | Yes* | 85.1 | 303 | |
| No | 14.9 | 53 | |||
| 4 | Will you postpone routine/elective dental treatment and procedures for all patients | Yes* | 68.3 | 243 | |
| No | 31.7 | 113 | |||
| 5 | Will you refer a non-emergency patient if he/she is sneezing or coughing in the clinics | Refer* | 62.4 | 222 | |
| Refuse | 11.5 | 41 | |||
| Treat | 26.1 | 93 | |||
| 6 | Will you allow any of the dental staff to work with patients if they have flu-like symptoms | Yes | 4.2 | 15 | |
| No* | 78.9 | 281 | |||
| May be | 16.9 | 60 | |||
| 7 | Your role in spreading COVID 19 information and increasing awareness significant | Strongly agree* | 53.1 | 189 | |
| Agree* | 30.3 | 108 | |||
| Neutral | 13.2 | 47 | |||
| Disagree | 2.5 | 9 | |||
| Strongly Disagree | 0.8 | 3 | |||
Notes: *Correct answer scored =1, Mean, median and inter quartile range for attitude score (4.88, 5 and 4–6), n=frequency.