Hatami B, Ahmady A Ebn, Khoshnevisan M H, Lando H A
Community Oral Health Department, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America.
East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Jan 9;19 Suppl 3:S172-7.
Dental students should have knowledge of geriatric dental care and positive attitudes toward elderly patients. This study assessed senior dental students' knowledge of geriatric dental care and their attitude towards elderly patients. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted on volunteer senior students in all dental schools (n = 512) in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The completed questionnaires (n = 464) were analysed. The mean scores of respondents' knowledge and attitudes were 12.7 (SD 2.9) and 48 (SD 6.1) respectively. Female and male students' knowledge did not differ significantly but their attitudes score was different. The majority of dental students had low to moderate levels of knowledge of geriatric dental care and attitudes toward elderly people; therefore, an intervention programme is indicated. We conducted the study to use the findings to incorporate geriatric dental care programmes into dental school curricula in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
牙科学生应具备老年牙科护理知识，并对老年患者持有积极态度。本研究评估了高年级牙科学生的老年牙科护理知识及其对老年患者的态度。对伊朗伊斯兰共和国所有牙科学院的志愿高年级学生（n = 512）进行了描述性横断面问卷调查。对完成的问卷（n = 464）进行了分析。受访者的知识和态度平均得分分别为12.7（标准差2.9）和48（标准差6.1）。男女学生的知识水平没有显著差异，但态度得分不同。大多数牙科学生对老年牙科护理和老年人的态度知识水平较低至中等；因此，需要一个干预计划。我们开展这项研究是为了利用研究结果将老年牙科护理计划纳入伊朗伊斯兰共和国的牙科学校课程。
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