Avaliação do conhecimento e atitudes de alunos do curso de Odontologia sobre o HIV/AIDS

Abstract

The dental treatment of patients with HIV / AIDS is challenging, since the involved at the procedures carry many types of prejudices. Thanks to the lack of adequate knowledge about biosafety standards, Dentists usually performed inappropriate treatments of the patients. Objective: The objective of the present study was assess knowledge and attitudes by dental graduate students of the Federal University of Uberlandia (UFU), about HIV/AIDS. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study used questionnaires to collect individual information, about undergraduate students of the 7th and 8th semester of the Dentistry School. The questionnaire refer to HIV / AIDS and some questions were about individual perception and knowledge about oral expression of this desease, furthermore, civil responsibilities, biosafety, what actions should be taken about biological accidents, and the development and transmission of the disease. The results were sent to a Software Microsoft Excel and were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. Results: The sample was applied by 61 students. Regarding the perception of HIV and the experiences, 59% of the participants reported have provided care at least one self-declared HIV positive patient. In addition, 26% of the surveyed participants reported had suffered some type of biological accident. In this reserch, 31% of those surveyed beleave that a seropositive dental surgeon shouldn’t continue exercising the profession without informing her/his patient. Regarding the use of goggles, 19% of the participants didn’t mention it as personal protective equipment during attending. Conclusion: In this way, the evaluation about knowledge and attitudes of students at the Faculty of Dentistry of UFU is necessary regarding the development and transmission of the virus, as like the oral express of HIV / AIDS. However, it was observed that the sample, be missing a greater understanding of biosafety, behaviors after a biological accident, and civil and criminal liability.