塞勒姆市药学专业学生的知识、态度和行为与其口腔健康状况的相关性——一项横断面调查
Correlation of pharmacy students' knowledge, attitude, and practices with their oral health status in Salem city-A cross-sectional survey.
作者信息
Lakshmi K Priya Deepa, Bharath C, Venkatalakshmi S, Saravanan N
机构信息
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vinayaka Mission Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
出版信息
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Apr 30;9(4):1944-1949. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1172_19. eCollection 2020 Apr.
BACKGROUND
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the basic sciences also contributes in health maintenance and promotion for the population.
OBJECTIVES
The primary objective was to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among pharmacy students in Salem toward oral health. Secondary objectives are to correlate KAP with their oral health status.
METHODS
A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out using self-administered 16-item pretested and pre-validated questionnaire and oral health status data were collected using the WHO oral health assessment form (1997) targeting pharmacy students Vinayaka Missions College of pharmacy. Six, four, and six questions were used to assess pharmacy students' knowledge, attitude, and practice, respectively. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0 to perform the Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman's correlation, and linear regression analysis.
RESULTS
386 participated in the survey (263 males and 123 females). The highest mean for knowledge was among 17-21 years of age group students (18.07 ± 3.07) and this was statistically significant when compared to another age group ( < 0.05). The gender difference was seen with males having a significantly ( < 0.001) more positive mean ± SD oral health KAP compared to their female counterparts. KAP scores upon correlation revealed a positive relationship between knowledge-attitude (r = 0.015), knowledge-practice (r = 0.016), and attitude-practice (r = 0.069).
RESULTS
386 participated in the survey (263 males and 123 females). The highest mean for knowledge was among 17-21 years of age group students (18.07 ± 3.07) and this was statistically significant when compared to another age group ( < 0.05). The gender difference was seen with males having a significantly ( < 0.001) more positive mean ± SD oral health KAP compared to their female counterparts. KAP scores upon correlation revealed a positive relationship between knowledge-attitude (r = 0.015), knowledge-practice (r = 0.016), and attitude-practice (r = 0.069).
CONCLUSION
Results of this study suggest that oral health KAP of students is inadequate and needs to be improved as they play an important role in the patients' counseling toward oral care.
背景
药学是一门将健康科学与基础科学联系起来的健康专业，也为民众的健康维护和促进做出贡献。
目的
主要目的是评估塞勒姆药学专业学生对口腔健康的知识、态度和实践（KAP）。次要目的是将KAP与他们的口腔健康状况相关联。
方法
采用自行填写的16项经过预测试和预验证的问卷进行描述性横断面研究，并使用世界卫生组织口腔健康评估表（1997年）收集针对维奈亚卡使命药学院药学专业学生的口腔健康状况数据。分别使用六个、四个和六个问题来评估药学专业学生的知识、态度和实践。使用SPSS 20.0版本进行数据分析，以进行卡方检验、曼-惠特尼检验、克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验、斯皮尔曼相关性分析和线性回归分析。
结果
386人参与了调查（263名男性和123名女性）。知识得分最高的是17 - 21岁年龄组的学生（18.07 ± 3.07），与其他年龄组相比，这具有统计学意义（< 0.05）。观察到性别差异，男性的口腔健康KAP平均得分（±标准差）明显（< 0.001）高于女性。相关性分析的KAP得分显示知识与态度（r = 0.015）、知识与实践（r = 0.016）以及态度与实践（r = 0.069）之间存在正相关关系。
结果
386人参与了调查（263名男性和123名女性）。知识得分最高的是17 - 21岁年龄组的学生（18.07 ± 3.07），与其他年龄组相比，这具有统计学意义（< 0.05）。观察到性别差异，男性的口腔健康KAP平均得分（±标准差）明显（< 0.001）高于女性。相关性分析的KAP得分显示知识与态度（r = 0.015）、知识与实践（r = 0.016）以及态度与实践（r = 0.069）之间存在正相关关系。
结论
本研究结果表明，学生的口腔健康KAP不足，需要改进，因为他们在患者口腔护理咨询中发挥着重要作用。
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