Abstract
Objectives: The study was conducted to assess the association between practicing COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with age, gender, educational status, and prevalence of signs & symptoms in patients visiting the outpatient department of University Dental Hospital (UDH). Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study with non-probability convenient sampling was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire to determine the association between COVID-19 SOPs with signs & symptoms evaluated during the screening of the selected representative population. SPSS version 25 was used for statistical analysis. Results: In public places, Group D (50-69 years) and female gender group displayed the highest percentage of conformity with combination-2 (FM+HS) of SOPs. Same was true for individuals with post graduate education. However, in work places Group A (20-29 years) exhibited maximum abidance with combination-2, a trend that was visible amongst females and post graduate students in a work/institutional setting. Similarly, in hospital settings Group A and female gender group observed combination-2 of SOPs to the greatest extent. The same trend was observed amongst higher than bachelor level education holders. The uneducated and middle-level educational group chose a single SOP of FM, while the rest of the educational groups utilized a mix of FM, HS, and SD. Males showed greater compliance with FM only. Conclusion: It was divulged that the population following single COVID-19 SOP was at a greater risk to experience COVID-19 symptoms in comparison to those who followed combination-1(HS+FM) and combination-2(HS+FM+SD) of SOPs.
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