Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of and attitudes toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the parents of child dental patients in Shenzhen during the outbreak. A structured questionnaire containing 10 questions was used, and each question had 2 or 3 possible answers. The parents of children (aged 0-14 years) who visited the dental department of our hospital last year were eligible to participate in this study. A total of 148 parents were interviewed by telephone in February 2020 by research staff. A total of 94.59% of the parents said they paid high attention to COVID-19 and explained it to their children; 66.22% thought the dental department environment was more dangerous than other public places; 91.89% believed the dental department had a higher risk of virus infection; and 83.78% said they would take their children to a dental department if the children had a severe toothache. Approximately 81.08% of the parents expressed confidence after we informed them about the preventive measures taken in the dental department to ensure safe treatment for their children. In conclusion, all parents were concerned about COVID-19, and most of them had talked about it with their children often. In addition, a considerable percentage of them would not take their children to the dental department even if they had severe dental pain and thought that the dental environment could be more dangerous than other environments. More information about this topic should be delivered to this population.
Highlights
During late 2019 and early 2020, a new fatal disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in China and Southeast Asia
It has been reported that COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Central China, and it was found in other places of China, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and almost all over the world, affecting more than 160 countries or districts.[1,2]
All parents were concerned about COVID-19, and almost all of them were always concerned
Summary
During late 2019 and early 2020, a new fatal disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in China and Southeast Asia. The infectious agent of COVID-19 has been identified as a coronavirus called 2019-nCoV, which is similar to the 2003 SARS-CoV. When people touch an object contaminated by infectious droplets and touch their mouth, nose, or eyes, the virus can be transmitted.[6] China has developed a high standard for measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus. The most effective measures were social isolation to avoid rapid virus propagation, the protection of older people and patients with chronic diseases and low immunity and the implementation of health assistance to COVID19 patients via the rapid support of health workers from all over China
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