Knowledge , Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Fifth Year Undergraduate Dental Students on Post Exposure Prophylaxis

Knowledge , Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Fifth Year Undergraduate Dental Students on Post Exposure Prophylaxis: An Observational Study

Considering the increasing number of HIV and HBV cases, the aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge,Attitude and practice of fifth year undergraduate dental students regarding post-exposure prophylaxis.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Occupational Exposure
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: questionnaire

Detailed Description

needle stick injury is inevitable. Needle stick injury is defined as penetration of a sharp instrument into the body of a healthcare professional, exposing them to high-risk body fluids.

Cutaneous injuries are the most common cause of infection transmission from patient to dentist. The causes of such injuries have been reported as 37% from dental burs , 30% from syringes , 6% from orthodonticwires , 3% from suture needles, 1% from blades and 2% from other sharp instruments .

Since high-risk exposure is unavoidable, dentists should be aware of post-exposure protocols to prevent infection .

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 400

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Fifth year undergraduate dental students in Faculty of Dentistry , Cairo University

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All Fifth Year dental students in Faculty of Dentistry ,Cairo University at the time of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of participation from the students.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge,Attitude and Practice questionnaire of fifth year undergraduate dental students on post exposure prophylaxis	The questionnaire will be given to students to be filled in one of their clinical sections	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): November 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): November 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 2, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 4, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 17, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 16, 2018
• Last Verified: October 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: knowledge/attitude/practice/questionnaire/post-exposure
• Other Study ID Numbers: UCairo

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No