Petrauskiene Sandra, Mushayev Hava, Zemgulyte Gintare, Narbutaite Julija
Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, KaunasLithuania.
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, KaunasLithuania.
J Oral Maxillofac Res. 2019 Dec 30;10(4):e3. doi: 10.5037/jomr.2019.10403. eCollection 2019 Oct-Dec.
To evaluate the self-reported oral health awareness, knowledge and attitude among international dental and medical students at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Kaunas, Lithuania).
A cross-sectional study was conducted among international medical and dental students at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in 2016 - 2017. The students were invited to participate in the survey before the beginning of a lecture, and they were informed that participation was voluntary and anonymous. In total, 282 students participated in the study, with a response rate of 92.1%. A self-administered English questionnaire consisting of 25 items with options on a Likert scale (agree, neither agree nor disagree and disagree) about oral health problems and their relation to general health status was used to assess a student's oral health awareness, attitude and knowledge. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05.
Overall good, fair and poor oral health awareness was reported by 71.3%, 24.1% and 4.6%, respectively, of the international dental and medical students (P < 0.05). The mean score of oral health awareness was 18.2 (standard deviation [SD 3.27]), showing overall good oral health awareness. Moreover, the international dental students reported higher oral health awareness than medical students (19.14 [SD 3.25] vs 17.44 [SD 3.1]) (P < 0.001). Comparing this mean score by gender, no statistically significant difference was found (18.33 [SD 3.39] vs 18.05 [SD 3.16]) (P = 0.371).
Overall oral health awareness among international dental and medical students was high. Meanwhile, international dental students reported higher oral health awareness than international medical students.
评估立陶宛卫生科学大学（立陶宛考纳斯）国际牙科和医学专业学生自我报告的口腔健康意识、知识和态度。
2016 - 2017年对立陶宛卫生科学大学的国际医学和牙科专业学生进行了一项横断面研究。在讲座开始前邀请学生参与调查，并告知他们参与是自愿且匿名的。共有282名学生参与研究，回复率为92.1%。使用一份由25个项目组成的英文自填问卷，这些项目采用李克特量表（同意、既不同意也不反对、不同意）来评估学生对口腔健康问题及其与总体健康状况关系的认识、态度和知识。显著性水平设定为P < 0.05。
国际牙科和医学专业学生中，分别有71.3%、24.1%和4.6%报告口腔健康意识总体良好、一般和较差（P < 0.05）。口腔健康意识的平均得分为18.2（标准差[SD] 3.27），表明总体口腔健康意识良好。此外，国际牙科专业学生报告的口腔健康意识高于医学专业学生（19.14 [SD 3.25]对17.44 [SD 3.1]）（P < 0.001）。按性别比较该平均得分，未发现统计学上的显著差异（18.33 [SD 3.39]对18.05 [SD 3.16]）（P = 0.371）。
国际牙科和医学专业学生的总体口腔健康意识较高。同时，国际牙科专业学生报告的口腔健康意识高于国际医学专业学生。
