Polychonopoulou Argy, Gatou Tarsitsa, Athanassouli Thessaly
University of Athens School of Dentistry, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, PO Box 18018, Athens 11610, Greece.
Int Dent J. 2004 Jun;54(3):119-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2004.tb00266.x.
To explore the preparedness of Greek dental university students for advising patients to quit smoking; how the awareness of the students is modified from the beginning of university studies to graduation; and how it is associated with their smoking habits.
Officially registered dental students (n=165) participated in the study by completing anonymously a 16-item questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted with the use of standard univariate statistical methods, whereas multivariate analysis relied on logistic regression modelling.
Students showed significant knowledge attainment on tobacco health effects from the beginning of their studies to graduation, although 54% of graduating students were not aware of an association between smoking and implant failure. More than 80% considered tobacco cessation counselling a duty of every dentist, although 32% believed it to be ineffective. Almost half of the students felt unprepared to provide tobacco counselling. Students' attitudes towards tobacco cessation counselling did not change from the beginning of their studies to graduation, although they were modified by personal smoking habits. Non-smokers were significantly more optimistic than smokers about the effectiveness of tobacco cessation activities.
Dental school students represent a promising baseline for education on tobacco control protocol development and clinical tobacco cessation intervention techniques.
探讨希腊牙科专业大学生为患者提供戒烟建议的准备情况；学生从大学学习开始到毕业，其认知是如何变化的；以及这与他们的吸烟习惯有何关联。
正式注册的牙科学生（n = 165）通过匿名填写一份包含16个条目的问卷参与本研究。数据分析采用标准单变量统计方法，而多变量分析则依赖逻辑回归模型。
从学习开始到毕业，学生在烟草对健康影响方面的知识有显著提高，尽管54%的毕业学生不知道吸烟与种植失败之间的关联。超过80%的学生认为戒烟咨询是每位牙医的职责，尽管32%的学生认为其无效。近一半的学生觉得自己没有准备好提供烟草咨询。从学习开始到毕业，学生对戒烟咨询的态度没有改变，尽管个人吸烟习惯会对其产生影响。非吸烟者比吸烟者对戒烟活动的有效性明显更乐观。
牙科专业学生是制定烟草控制方案教育和临床戒烟干预技术的一个有前景的基础群体。
