World Journal of Dentistry

Register      Login

VOLUME 13 , ISSUE 1 ( January-February, 2022 ) > List of Articles

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices in the Management of Biomedical Waste: A Multivariate Analysis of Associated Factors in Peruvian Students

Rocío Bocanegra, Juan Alvitez, Abigail Temoche

Keywords : Awareness, Biomedical waste, Dental student

Citation Information : Bocanegra R, Alvitez J, Temoche A. Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices in the Management of Biomedical Waste: A Multivariate Analysis of Associated Factors in Peruvian Students. World J Dent 2022; 13 (1):3-8.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1887

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 29-12-2021

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2022; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aim and objective: To evaluate the awareness, knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of biomedical waste (BMW) by multivariate analysis of associated factors in Peruvian dentistry students. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical-multivariate study was conducted to evaluate the entire population of undergraduate dentistry students of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (N = 254) from April to October 2019. The variables analyzed were gender (X1), age (X2), year of study (X3), and marital status (X4). The Logit model was implemented including all risk factors to explain which variables significantly influence the dependent variable. The crude odd ratio (OR) was used with a level of significance p < 0.05. Results: The Logit model showed that age, gender, year of study and marital status do not significantly influence awareness, knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of BMW, showing a crude OR of 1.0 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.89–1.14]; 1.1 95% CI [0.68–2.02]; 0.8 95% CI [0.64–1.10] and 1.2 95% CI [0.37–3.93] respectively. Conclusion: The variables age, gender, year of study and marital status do not significantly influence the awareness, knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management BMW of Peruvian dental students. Clinical significance: This research allows to know the knowledge about the management of biomedical waste of Peruvian dental students.


HTML PDF Share
  1. Kumar R, Gupta AK, Aggarwal AK, et al. A descriptive study on evaluation of bio-medical waste management in a tertiary care public hospital of North India. J Environ Health Sci Eng 2014;12:69. DOI: 10.1186/2052–336X-12–69
  2. Kumar PVS, Padmaja P. Knowledge, attitude, practices of biomedical waste management among nursing students and staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Ann Int Med Dent Res 2017;3(4):1–4. DOI:10.21276/aimdr.2017.3.4.CM1
  3. Singh BP, Khan SA, Agrawal N, et al. Current biomedical waste management practices and cross-infection control procedures of dentists in India. Int Dent J 2012;62(3):111–116. DOI: 10.1111/j.1875–595X.2011.00100.x
  4. Rudraswamy S, Sampath N, Doggalli N. Staff's attitude regarding hospital waste management in the dental college hospitals of Bangalore city, India. Indian J Occup Environ Med 2012;16:75–78. DOI: 10.4103/0019–5278.107077
  5. Kishore J, Goel P, Sagar B, et al. Awareness about biomedical waste management and infection control among dentists of a teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. Indian J Dent Res 2000; 11: 157–161. PMID: 11307639.
  6. Saraf Y, Shinde M, Tiwari SC. Study of attitude and awareness status about hospital waste management among personnel and quantification. Indian J Commun Med 2006;31:111. PMID: 14503385.
  7. Haralur SB, Al-Qahtani AS, Al-Qarni MM, et al. The dental solid waste management in different categories of dental laboratories in Abha city, Saudi Arabia. Open Dent J 2015;9:449–454. DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010449
  8. Marla V, Agrawal D, Shrestha A, et al. Nepalese version of a questionnaire: biomedical waste management awareness and knowledge. Glob J Res Anal 2016;5(10):22–24. DOI: 10.36106/GJRA
  9. Singh T, Ghimire TR, Agrawal SK. Awareness of biomedical waste management in dental students in different dental colleges in Nepal. Biomed Res Int 2018;2018:1742326. DOI: 10.1155/2018/1742326
  10. Ranjan R, Pathak R, Singh DK, et al. Awareness about biomedical waste management and knowledge of effective recycling of dental materials among dental students. J Int Soc Prev Commun Dent 2016;6(5):474–479. DOI: 10.4103/2231–0762.192941
  11. Bansal M, Vashisth S, Gupta N. Knowledge, awareness and practices of dental care waste management among private dental practitioners in Tricity (Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali). J Int Soc Prev Commun Dent 2013;3(2):72–76. DOI: 10.4103/2231–0762.122436
  12. Raghuvanshi M, Sinha S, Mohiddin G, et al. Awareness of biomedical waste management among dentists associated with institutions and private practitioners of North India: a comparative study. J Contemp Dent Pract 2018;19(3):273–277. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024–2251
  13. Abhishek KN, Supreetha S, Varma Penumatsa N, et al. Awareness-knowledge and practices of dental waste management among private practitioners. Kathmandu Univ Med J 2016;14(53):17–21. PMID: 27892435.
  14. Sharma A, Sharma V, Sharma S, et al. Awareness of biomedical waste management among health care personnel in Jaipur, India. Oral Health Dent Manag 2013;12(1):32–40. PMID: 23474579.
  15. Kapoor D, Nirola A, Kapoor V, et al. Knowledge and awareness regarding biomedical waste management in dental teaching institutions in India: a systematic review. J Clin Exp Dent 2014;6(4):e419-e424. DOI: 10.4317/jced.51565
  16. Narang RS, Manchanda A, Singh S, et al. Awareness of biomedical waste management among dental professionals and auxiliary staff in Amritsar, India. Oral Health Dent Manag 2012;11(4):162–168. PMID: 23208592.
  17. Sood AG, Sood A. Dental perspective on biomedical waste and mercury management: a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey. Indian J Dent Res 2011;22(3):371–375. DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.87055
  18. Diaz-Soriano A, Gallo W, Luza S, et al. Knowledge and awareness of effective recycling of dental materials and waste management among Peruvian undergraduate students of dentistry: a logistic regression analysis. J Int Soc Prev Commun Dent 2020;10(3):309–315. DOI: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_191_20
PDF Share
PDF Share

© Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) LTD.