PMID- 28814935
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1394-195X (Print)
IS  - 2180-4303 (Electronic)
IS  - 1394-195X (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Knowledge and Attitude of Dental Students towards HIV/AIDS Patients in Melaka, 
      Malaysia.
PG  - 73-82
LID - 10.21315/mjms2017.24.3.9 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Cross contamination of HIV is a real threat today. Dental treatment 
      often includes direct contact with a patient's blood and saliva, therefore dental 
      professionals can be easily exposed to HIV microorganisms. Hence, it is essential 
      to gain insight into dental students' knowledge and attitude towards HIV 
      patients. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey of 186 clinical year dental students 
      (year 3, 4 and 5) in the 2015-2016 academic session at the Faculty of Dentistry, 
      Melaka-Manipal Medical College (MMMC), Manipal University, Melaka volunteered to 
      participate in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to determine 
      their knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS patients. RESULTS: Among 137 
      respondents (females 74.5% and males 25.6%), 40.9% were Malay, 46.7% were 
      Chinese, 10.2% were Indian and 2.2% were others. The majority had an excellent 
      (41.6%) to good (56.2%) knowledge and only (18%) had a professional attitude. 
      There was a statistically significant association of knowledge with gender (P = 
      0.009) and ethnicity (P = 0.024), However, no association was found between 
      attitude and gender (P = 0.756) or ethnicity (P = 0.792), or between knowledge 
      and attitude (P = 0.473) of dental students. CONCLUSION: Dental students' 
      knowledge was not significantly associated with attitude. However, knowledge was 
      associated with gender and ethnicity, but no association was found between age 
      and knowledge and between age, gender, or ethnicity and attitude.
FAU - Singh, Vijendra Pal
AU  - Singh VP
AD  - Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College 
      (Manipal University), Melaka, Malaysia.
FAU - Osman, Izni Syazana
AU  - Osman IS
AD  - Klinik Pergigian, Tanjung Sepat, Banting, Selangor, Malaysia.
FAU - Rahmat, Nur Amanina
AU  - Rahmat NA
AD  - Klinik Pergigian, Labis, Johor, Malaysia.
FAU - Bakar, Nur Ashikin Abu
AU  - Bakar NAA
AD  - Klinik Pergigian, Tapah, Perak, Malaysia.
FAU - Razak, Nurul Fathin Natasha Abdul
AU  - Razak NFNA
AD  - Klinik Pergigian, Telok Datok, Banting, Selangor, Malaysia.
FAU - Nettem, Sowmya
AU  - Nettem S
AD  - Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka Manipal Medical College 
      (Manipal University), Melaka, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170630
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Malays J Med Sci
JT  - The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS
JID - 101126308
PMC - PMC5545620
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - HIV/AIDS
OT  - Malaysia
OT  - attitude
OT  - dental
OT  - knowledge
OT  - students
EDAT- 2017/08/18 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/18 06:01
PMCR- 2017/05/01
CRDT- 2017/08/18 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/04/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/08/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/08/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/18 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 09mjms24032017_oa7 [pii]
AID - 10.21315/mjms2017.24.3.9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Malays J Med Sci. 2017 May;24(3):73-82. doi: 10.21315/mjms2017.24.3.9. Epub 2017 
      Jun 30.