Alshathri Buthainah, Aljasser Nourah, Kofi Mostafa
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Sep 30;9(9):4761-4768. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_907_20. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Preventive oral health care (OHC) is an important part of preventive health care and needs to be started early in life. Family physicians are in a position where they can help to initiate preventive OHC. From previous literature, oral health has an impact on the general health and quality of life of individuals with a large burden on the health care system. In addition, pediatricians and family physicians lack knowledge in oral health and can be unwilling to participate in preventive OHC. We aim to increase family physicians' knowledge of oral health.
This study aimed to measure the level of knowledge about oral health and identify some of its determinants among family physicians working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This is a cross-sectional study that included 187 family physicians to measure the knowledge of family doctors about oral health using a self-administered questionnaire.
The total mean score was 119.28 ± 11.26 out of 175, indicating a poor level of knowledge level about oral health.
Family physicians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia lack knowledge of oral health. These findings make it necessary to include oral health topics during residency and continuing medical education programs.
预防性口腔保健（OHC）是预防性医疗保健的重要组成部分，需要在生命早期就开始。家庭医生有能力帮助启动预防性OHC。从以往文献来看，口腔健康对个人的整体健康和生活质量有影响，且给医疗保健系统带来巨大负担。此外，儿科医生和家庭医生缺乏口腔健康知识，可能不愿参与预防性OHC。我们旨在提高家庭医生的口腔健康知识水平。
本研究旨在衡量沙特阿拉伯利雅得地区家庭医生对口腔健康的知识水平，并确定其中一些影响因素。
这是一项横断面研究，纳入了187名家庭医生，使用自填式问卷来衡量家庭医生对口腔健康的知识。
在满分175分中，总平均分是119.28 ± 11.26，表明对口腔健康的知识水平较差。
沙特阿拉伯利雅得的家庭医生缺乏口腔健康知识。这些发现使得在住院医师培训和继续医学教育项目中纳入口腔健康主题很有必要。
