Conocimiento sobre la COVID-19 en odontología entre los alumnos de la carrera de odontología UCSG-2020.

Abstract

The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has strongly affected the world, dentists are some of the health professionals with the highest risk of contagion, for that reason future dentists must be informed in order to prevent this virus. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge about COVID-19 among the students of the UCSG-2020 Dentistry career. Materials and methods: Descriptive-cross-sectional study that consisted of distributing a survey divided into 6 sections with knowledge questions to 228 students of which N = 182 participated. A score was assigned to measure the level of knowledge and finally the total score was compared between the different cycles of participants, the answers were tabulated in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and later the graphs, tables and statistical tests were performed with a confidence level of 95% in the SPSS program version 25 . Results: It was shown that of the 182 students, 27 (14.8%) of them obtained a score equal to or greater than 7/10 and the level of knowledge was independent of the semester they were currently studying. Conclusion: Students had a low level of general knowledge regarding COVID-19.