87 MEDALI Jurnal. Volume 5. Nomor 2. September 2023
Relationship between dental professional student's knowledge and
attitudes toward infection control procedures in radiological installations
islamic dental hospital sultan agung during the pandemic covid 19
Rahardian Aulia Pratama*, Niluh Ringga Woroprobosari**, Febia Astiawati Sugiarto***
Received 30 Agustus 2023; 1
st
revision 19 September 2023; Accepted 29 September 2023; Published online
30 September 2023
ABSTRACT
Background: Transmission in radiology facilities must be prevented by taking
additional infection control precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several variables, including knowledge and attitudes, affect how an action is
applied. The association between dentistry professional students’ knowledge
and attitudes about the COVID-19 pandemic infection control protocol at the
RSIGM Sultan Agung radiology installation is to be evaluated.
Method: Analytic-observational research was used in this case, with a cross-
sectional analysis of 139 samples. Validity and reliability tests have been done
on the questionnaire. This study was conducted online using Google Forms for
data collection, and SPSS 25 was used for the correlation test.
Result: The results of the analysis show a significant correlation with a positive
direction. Correlation strength (r) 0.263 indicates a weak correlation strength
between the two variables.
Conclusion: This study concludes that there is a relationship between these
two variables. The implementation of infection control procedures at the Sultan
Agung RSIGM radiology installation during the pandemic COVID-19 from a
knowledge and attitude perspective was still imperfect.
Copyright ©2022 National Research and Innovation Agency. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/medali.5.2.87-93
2460-4119 / 2354-5992 ©2022 National Research and Innovation Agency
This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
How to Cite: Pratama et al. Relationship between dental professional student's knowledge and attitudes toward infection
control procedures in radiological installations islamic dental hospital sultan agung during the pandemic covid 19. MEDALI
Jurnal: Media Dental Intelektual, v.5, n.2, p.87-93, September 2023.
* Dentist Education Program, Faculty of Dentistry, Sultan Agung Islamic University, Semarang
** Department of Dental Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Sultan Agung Islamic University, Semarang
*** Department of Dental Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Sultan Agung Islamic University, Semarang
Correspondence: niluh.ringga@unissula.ac.id
Keywords:
Knowledge, attitude,
infection control, COVID-
19, radiology