Shahabe A. Saquib

Department of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Original Article   
  Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Risk Perception about Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Dental Students in Saudi Arabia
  Author(s): Saad M. Al-Qahtani, Shahabe A. Saquib*, Weam Ibrahim, Ali Othman, Mohammed Assiri, Hamoud Al-Shari and Ali Al-Qarni
  
  Introduction: Globally the HIV/AIDS consider being the most serious infection/ disease in the recent decades. The health care workers are considered as a high risk group for diseases transmitted through body fluids. The present study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of the dental students and inters regarding dental management HIV infected patients. Material and methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 722 (324 males, 398 females) dental students and interns at southern and central region of Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire comprised of 16 questions consists of three main domains. Chi-square test was executed to compare the descriptive data by using SPSS (version 20.0, IBM Corporation, USA) to assess the level of knowledge and attitude towards HIV positive patients. Results: The overall .. Read More»