Aburahima Noora, Hussein Iyad, Kowash Mawlood, Alsalami Anas, Al Halabi Manal
Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE.
Pediatric Dentistry Department, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, P.O. Box 505055, Dubai, UAE.
Int J Dent. 2020 Sep 22;2020:7930564. doi: 10.1155/2020/7930564. eCollection 2020.
Paediatricians' oral health knowledge is essential for early detection of disease, appropriate advice, and proper referral. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, behaviour, and attitude of paediatricians practicing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding children's oral health. . Cross-sectional survey.
A questionnaire consisting of 16 questions was completed after piloting by a sample of randomly selected registered UAE paediatricians. Scores of knowledge (out of 9), behaviour (out of 4), and attitude (out of 3) were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using Shapiro-Wilk, Mann-Whitney , and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Statistical significance was set as < 0.05.
A total of 185 surveys were completed. Nearly half of the paediatricians (95 (51.4%)) identified the appropriate age for child's first dental visit; while 88 (47.6%) believed that the appropriate age to start brushing was after the eruption of the primary molars (2-3 yrs), and 132 (71.4%) believed that the ideal time to give sugary snacks is in between meals. 123 (66.5%) participants said that they would prescribe antibiotics to treat local dental sepsis without fever. Experienced paediatricians and those trained in Western countries had significantly better knowledge about oral health ( values 0.040 and 0.031 consecutively). The scores of attitude, behaviour, and knowledge were correlated, and a positive relationship between the scores of knowledge and behaviour was found ( = 0.241, =0.001) and between scores of attitude and behaviour ( = 0.197, =0.007).
The results demonstrated a general lack of knowledge of oral health aspects by UAE paediatricians. Furthermore, continuous education in the subject is recommended.
儿科医生的口腔健康知识对于疾病的早期发现、恰当建议及正确转诊至关重要。因此，本研究旨在评估在阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）执业的儿科医生关于儿童口腔健康的知识、行为和态度。横断面调查。
一份包含16个问题的问卷在经过预试验后，由随机抽取的阿联酋注册儿科医生样本完成。计算知识得分（满分9分）、行为得分（满分4分）和态度得分（满分3分）。使用夏皮罗-威尔克检验、曼-惠特尼检验和克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验进行统计分析。设定统计学显著性为<0.05。
共完成185份调查问卷。近一半的儿科医生（95名（51.4%））确定了儿童首次看牙的合适年龄；而88名（47.6%）认为开始刷牙的合适年龄是在乳磨牙萌出后（2 - 3岁），132名（71.4%）认为给予含糖零食的理想时间是两餐之间。123名（66.5%）参与者表示他们会在无发热的情况下开抗生素治疗局部牙齿感染。经验丰富的儿科医生以及在西方国家接受培训的医生在口腔健康方面的知识明显更好（P值分别为0.040和0.031）。态度、行为和知识得分相关，并且发现知识得分与行为得分之间存在正相关（r = 0.241，P = 0.001）以及态度得分与行为得分之间存在正相关（r = 0.197，P = 0.007）。
结果表明阿联酋儿科医生在口腔健康方面普遍缺乏知识。此外，建议对该主题进行持续教育。
