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Role of personality traits in adherence to COVID 19 precautions among outpatient department patients in tertiary care dental hospital in Delhi – A cross sectional study

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العنوان: Role of personality traits in adherence to COVID 19 precautions among outpatient department patients in tertiary care dental hospital in Delhi – A cross sectional study
المؤلفون: Radhika Gupta, Vikrant Mohanty, Aswini Y Balappanavar, Puneet Chahar, Kavita Rijhwani, Sonal Bhatia
المصدر: Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 89-95 (2024)
بيانات النشر: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Dentistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: covid-19, personality traits, precautions, sociodemographic factor, Dentistry, RK1-715
الوصف: Background: Due to the high transmissibility of COVID-19, the government has implemented certain precautionary measures aimed at flattening the curve of infection and limiting the spread of the disease. Personality traits of an individual have been found as one of the main determinants that might affect adherence to preventive personal practices. Aim: This study aimed to assess the role of personality traits in adherence to COVID-19 precautions among the patients attending outpatient department (OPD) in a tertiary care dental hospital in Delhi. Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 400 participants aged 15–70 years attending the OPD of a public sector tertiary care dental hospital in New Delhi. A convenience sampling technique was utilized to collect the data for 2 months' period. A self-administered validated questionnaire was used to record demographic variables, COVID-19-related status, personality traits (using 20-item Mini-International Personality Item Pool), and self-reported adherence to COVID-19 precautions. The association between personality traits with precautionary behaviors and demographic factors was analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U-test, Kruskal–Wallis test, and Spearman correlation. Results: Of the 400 participants, 193 were male and 207 female. Participants belonging to the 20–34 years of age group (44.3%), high income (
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2319-5932
2350-0484
Relation: http://www.jiaphd.org/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2024;volume=22;issue=1;spage=89;epage=95;aulast=Gupta; https://doaj.org/toc/2319-5932; https://doaj.org/toc/2350-0484
DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_125_22
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/bc36b733a0de498db33730ef97b589bd
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.bc36b733a0de498db33730ef97b589bd
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:23195932
23500484
DOI:10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_125_22