Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding oral manifestations of COVID-19 among ASHA and anganwadi worker at Ghaziabad District – A descriptive study

Abstract

Background: There is a scarcity of affordable and available oral health services in developing countries which worsen the disease condition that eventually escalates the cost of treatment and care. Therefore, community health worker (CHW) can help to channelize the health care among population at ground level. Objective: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding oral manifestation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among accredited social health activist (ASHA) and Anganwadi worker (AWW) of Ghaziabad district. Methodology: A cross-sectional, self-administered, and structured questionnaire was developed regarding the oral manifestation of COVID-19 and distributed among ASHA and AWWs in Ghaziabad district. The collected data were analyzed using the Chi-square tests in SPSS version: 23. Results: Majority of ASHA and AWW lack knowledge regarding oral manifestation of COVID-19 and need more information/training to create more awareness about oral manifestation of COVID-19. Mostly participants agreed that they did not spread oral health awareness before COVID-19. Conclusion: Additional training of oral health awareness during COVID-19 among these CHWs will help to prevent the oral-related disease at earliest reducing their adverse effects on overall health.

Keywords

• community health worker
• coronavirus disease 2019
• oral health
• oral manifestation