Oziegbe Elizabeth Obhioneh, Esan Temitope Ayodeji, Adekoya-Sofowora Comfort Ayodele, Folayan Merenike Oluwatoyin
Department of Child Dental Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2011;9(2):107-13.
To determine the perceptions/beliefs and related practices of child healthcare workers regarding teething problems in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
This cross-sectional study consisted of 103 out of 140 child healthcare workers at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex who responded to a structured self-administered questionnaire. The child healthcare workers comprised dentists, paediatricians, community health physicians, pharmacists and community health nurses. The data were analysed using STATA (Intercooled release 9) for Windows.
A total of 77 (74.8%) child healthcare workers believed in systemic signs and symptoms of teething in children. A majority of the dentists (79.3%) and pharmacists (96.2%) believed in teething problems. None of them based their belief on evidence-based scientific principles, but instead on personal experience (36.4%), books (26%), local myths (20.8%) and school/workshop (16.8%). Fever (18.2%) and diarrhoea (15.6%) were the most prevalent symptoms and signs believed to be associated with teething. Fifty-seven of the child healthcare workers routinely prescribed various drugs for teething problems. The most prescribed drugs were paracetamol (70.2%), antibiotics (14.0%) and teething mixture (7.0%).
Most child healthcare workers in the study believed in teething problems and the beliefs were not based on evidence. They also prescribed various drugs for teething problems.
确定尼日利亚伊费地区儿童保健工作者对出牙问题的认知/信念及相关做法。
这项横断面研究由奥巴费米·阿沃洛沃大学教学医院综合院区140名儿童保健工作者中的103名组成，他们回答了一份结构化的自填式问卷。儿童保健工作者包括牙医、儿科医生、社区卫生医生、药剂师和社区卫生护士。使用适用于Windows的STATA（Intercooled版本9）对数据进行分析。
共有77名（74.8%）儿童保健工作者相信儿童出牙存在全身症状和体征。大多数牙医（79.3%）和药剂师（96.2%）相信出牙问题。他们都不是基于循证科学原则形成这种信念，而是基于个人经验（36.4%）、书籍（26%）、当地传说（20.8%）和学校/研讨会（16.8%）。发热（18.2%）和腹泻（15.6%）是被认为与出牙相关的最常见症状和体征。57名儿童保健工作者常规为出牙问题开各种药物。最常开的药物是对乙酰氨基酚（70.2%）、抗生素（14.0%）和出牙合剂（7.0%）。
研究中的大多数儿童保健工作者相信出牙问题，且这些信念并非基于证据。他们还为出牙问题开各种药物。
