Haresaku S, Monji M, Miyoshi M, Kubota K, Kuroki M, Aoki H, Yoshida R, Machishima K, Makino M, Naito T
Department of Nursing, Fukuoka Nursing College, Fukuoka, Japan.
Department of Dental Hygiene, Fukuoka College of Health Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2018 Aug;22(3):e634-e643. doi: 10.1111/eje.12369. Epub 2018 Jun 6.
The purpose of this study was to identify the weak points in the knowledge and attitudes of first-year oral health care and nursing students towards oral health care and to identify the factors associated with their positive willingness to practise oral health care after becoming a health professional in order to develop oral healthcare curricula.
The subjects were 88 first-year dental students (DSs), 64 dental hygiene students (DHSs) and 119 nursing students (NSs) enrolled in schools in Japan, as of April 2017. A questionnaire was distributed to subjects in each school to assess their knowledge and attitudes towards oral health care.
Less than half knew that oral health care was also provided in cancer hospitals, hospices, acute care hospitals, maternity wards and psychiatric wards. Only 46.2% knew that oral health care was effective in the prevention of aspiration pneumonia. The level of knowledge and attitudes in NSs regarding oral health care were likely to be lowest amongst the student groups. Only NSs' high interest towards oral health care was associated with their positive willingness to practise oral health care in the future although oral health students' high perceptions and interest regarding oral health care were associated with the willingness.
This study showed oral healthcare and nursing students' weak points regarding their attitudes and knowledge of oral health care at early stages. Oral health academic staff and professionals should develop effective oral healthcare curricula for oral healthcare students and help nursing staff develop a collaborative nursing oral healthcare curriculum to motivate nursing students.
本研究旨在确定口腔卫生保健和护理专业一年级学生在口腔卫生保健知识和态度方面的薄弱环节，并确定与他们成为卫生专业人员后积极愿意开展口腔卫生保健相关的因素，以便制定口腔卫生保健课程。
研究对象为截至2017年4月在日本学校就读的88名牙科一年级学生（DSs）、64名口腔卫生学生（DHSs）和119名护理学生（NSs）。向每所学校的研究对象发放问卷，以评估他们对口腔卫生保健的知识和态度。
不到一半的人知道癌症医院、临终关怀机构、急症医院、产科病房和精神科病房也提供口腔卫生保健。只有46.2%的人知道口腔卫生保健对预防吸入性肺炎有效。护理专业学生在口腔卫生保健方面的知识和态度水平在学生群体中可能是最低的。尽管口腔卫生专业学生对口腔卫生保健的高度认知和兴趣与他们开展口腔卫生保健的意愿相关，但只有护理专业学生对口腔卫生保健的高度兴趣与他们未来积极愿意开展口腔卫生保健相关。
本研究表明口腔卫生保健和护理专业学生在早期阶段对口腔卫生保健的态度和知识存在薄弱环节。口腔卫生学术人员和专业人士应为口腔卫生保健专业学生制定有效的口腔卫生保健课程，并帮助护理人员制定协作性的护理口腔卫生保健课程，以激励护理专业学生。
