Rahman Betul, Hawas Nuha, Rahman Muhammed Mustahsen
Department of General and Specialist Dental Practice, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Int Dent J. 2016 Oct;66(5):304-10. doi: 10.1111/idj.12239. Epub 2016 Apr 20.
The objective of this study was to investigate the opinions of dental students, in one of the dental colleges in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), toward providing tobacco cessation interventions to their patients.
Three-hundred-and-fifty students were administered a questionnaire including questions about tobacco cessation interventions (with a response rate of 77%). We generated descriptive statistics for all questions and examined the frequency distribution and percentages of all answers. Data were analysed using cross-tabulations and χ(2) -tests. The statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.
While 83.4% of students agreed that dentists should be trained in tobacco cessation, 56% of students disagreed that they are adequately trained to assist the patient in stopping tobacco use. As the year of study increased, the students' 'agree' responses increased to the statements that the dentist should be trained and that the dentist has a role in assisting patients to stop smoking. Non-Arab students were more confident than Emiratis in tobacco cessation counselling. The percentage of female students who felt greatly confident in assisting was double that of male students. There was a significant difference between tobacco-user students and non-users in response to the question about dentist's role in assisting tobacco cessation.
A comprehensive tobacco cessation education and training program should be included in dental schools' curriculum in the UAE to further improve student confidence in providing tobacco cessation services to their patients.
本研究的目的是调查阿联酋一所牙科学院的牙科学生对为患者提供戒烟干预措施的看法。
对350名学生进行问卷调查，问卷包括有关戒烟干预措施的问题（回复率为77%）。我们对所有问题进行了描述性统计，并检查了所有答案的频率分布和百分比。使用交叉表和χ²检验分析数据。统计学显著性设定为P < 0.05。
虽然83.4%的学生同意牙医应接受戒烟培训，但56%的学生不同意他们接受了足够的培训来帮助患者戒烟。随着学习年份的增加，学生对牙医应接受培训以及牙医在协助患者戒烟方面应发挥作用的陈述的“同意”回答增加。非阿拉伯学生在戒烟咨询方面比阿联酋学生更有信心。对协助患者非常有信心的女学生比例是男学生的两倍。在回答关于牙医在协助戒烟方面的作用的问题时，吸烟学生和不吸烟学生之间存在显著差异。
阿联酋的牙科学校课程应纳入全面的戒烟教育和培训计划，以进一步提高学生为患者提供戒烟服务的信心。
