Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Haryana, India.
Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Biomed Res Int. 2022 Feb 17;2022:5782228. doi: 10.1155/2022/5782228. eCollection 2022.
To assess the knowledge, practice, attitude, and preparedness of dental professionals in prescribing nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). . A prevalidated voluntary web-based questionnaire was generated as a link through Google Drive and was sent to 117 dental professionals in North India using Whatsapp, Messenger, and Instagram social media platforms. A total of 94 responses were received and out of which 76 responses were analyzed (18 forms were excluded due to incomplete or duplicate responses). Frequency analysis was done using SPSS software version 21.
The participation rate was found to be 80.3%. More than half of the study population were familiar with the term NRT (77.6%) and its uses (67.1%), but approximately less than half of the total study subjects knew the duration (32.9%), cost (27.6%), dosage (25%), and contraindications (36.8%) of the NRT. Approximately 56.6% of the study participants showed a positive attitude towards helping patients to quit smoking through tobacco cessation counseling. Nearly one-fourth of the study population, i.e., 27.6%, were confident in explaining the negative impacts of tobacco, while 22.4% knew about the tobacco cessation protocol. Among the participants, only 27.6% reported that they practice NRT and out of which approximately less than 20% of the study participants were prescribing correct dose of NRT.
Though study subjects had an ample knowledge regarding NRT use in tobacco cessation, it does not reflect their current attitude and preparedness. Thus, there is a need for continuing education to further train dental professionals for prescribing NRT.
评估口腔专业人员在开具尼古丁替代疗法（NRT）处方方面的知识、实践、态度和准备情况。。采用预验证的自愿网络问卷，通过 Google Drive 生成链接，并通过 WhatsApp、Messenger 和 Instagram 社交媒体平台向印度北部的 117 名口腔专业人员发送。共收到 94 份回复，其中 76 份回复进行了分析（18 份因回复不完整或重复而被排除）。使用 SPSS 软件版本 21 进行频率分析。
发现参与率为 80.3%。超过一半的研究人群熟悉 NRT（77.6%）及其用途（67.1%），但大约不到一半的研究对象知道 NRT 的持续时间（32.9%）、费用（27.6%）、剂量（25%）和禁忌症（36.8%）。大约 56.6%的研究参与者对通过烟草戒断咨询帮助患者戒烟表现出积极的态度。将近四分之一的研究人群，即 27.6%，有信心解释烟草的负面影响，而 22.4%知道烟草戒断方案。在参与者中，只有 27.6%报告他们实践 NRT，其中大约不到 20%的研究参与者开具了正确剂量的 NRT。
尽管研究对象在 NRT 用于烟草戒断方面有足够的知识，但这并不能反映他们目前的态度和准备情况。因此，需要继续教育进一步培训口腔专业人员开具 NRT。
