Marcano-Caldera Maytté, Mejía-Cardona Jose Luis, Parra Sanchez José Hernán, Méndez de la Espriella Catalina, Covo Morales Eduardo, Sierra Varón Gustavo, Gómez Díaz Martha, Fortich Mesa Natalia, Escobar Villegas Paola, Bermúdez Reyes Patricia, Rodríguez Sanchez Patricia, Mejia Fernández Pedro, Gómez-Scarpetta Ruth Ángela, Bernal Alfaro Vanessa, Cifuentes Aguirre Olga Lucia, López Soto Olga Patricia, Sigurdsson Asgeir
Autonomous University of Manizales, Manizales, Colombia.
National University of Colombia, Manizales, Colombia.
Dent Traumatol. 2018 Jun;34(3):164-174. doi: 10.1111/edt.12393. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Dental trauma in school populations has a high frequency and school teachers are often close to the place where such injuries occur. However, many studies have confirmed the lack of knowledge as to how to act in these cases. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge in regard to dental trauma of school teachers in Colombia.
A multicentre, descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 251 schools using a stratified randomized sampling. A structured hard copy survey was personally delivered to 2390 school teachers in the selected schools. The survey contained questions related to work experience, teaching level and demographic data, as well as questions related to their knowledge of and attitude towards emergency dental trauma management.
The response rate was 96%. Most of the school teachers (95%) had never received training related to dental trauma, although 35% had witnessed at least 1 case. Of 2296 school teachers surveyed, only 5.8% would have replanted an avulsed tooth. An association was found between work experience and appropriate management of an avulsed tooth. No significant differences were found in regard to school location (city), school type (private/public), gender and school teachers' education level.
The knowledge of school teachers in Colombia about emergency dental trauma management is inadequate. The findings strongly suggest a need for an education strategy with the involvement of the government, dentistry schools and private organizations.
背景/目的：学校人群中的牙外伤发生率很高，而学校教师往往就在此类损伤发生的现场附近。然而，许多研究证实，人们对于在这些情况下应如何应对缺乏了解。本研究的目的是确定哥伦比亚学校教师关于牙外伤的知识水平。
采用分层随机抽样方法，在251所学校开展了一项多中心描述性横断面研究。向选定学校的2390名学校教师亲自发放了一份结构化的纸质调查问卷。该问卷包含与工作经历、教学水平和人口统计学数据相关的问题，以及与他们对牙外伤应急处理的知识和态度相关的问题。
回复率为96%。大多数学校教师（95%）从未接受过与牙外伤相关的培训，尽管35%的教师至少目睹过1例牙外伤病例。在接受调查的2296名学校教师中，只有5.8%的人会对脱位牙进行再植。发现工作经历与脱位牙的恰当处理之间存在关联。在学校所在地点（城市）、学校类型（私立/公立）、性别和学校教师的教育水平方面未发现显著差异。
哥伦比亚学校教师关于牙外伤应急处理的知识不足。研究结果强烈表明，需要政府、牙科学院和私人组织共同参与制定一项教育策略。
