Department of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, PLA, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
BMC Oral Health. 2022 Jun 2;22(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02250-x.
With the increasing exchange of domestic and international personnel, local infections of tropical infectious diseases are continuing in tropics and imported infections are emerging in non-tropics, some of which are accompanied by oral manifestations. Therefore, it is essential for dental professionals to identify the related oral manifestations, who are working for domestic medical service, international medical assistance, peace-keeping medical service or medical support of international joint military exercises. This study aims to investigate the attitude and knowledge of Chinese dental professionals on tropical infectious diseases and oral health, and to explore the difference between different genders, education backgrounds, professional identities, professional titles and tropics working experience.
Network questionnaire was used to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of 236 Chinese dental professionals towards tropical infectious diseases and oral health.
The scores of the participants on tropical infectious diseases and oral health were quite low. Although working experience in the tropics partially affected the understanding, there was no difference between different genders, education backgrounds, professional identities and professional titles.
The understanding of dental professionals on tropical infectious diseases and oral health was insufficient. It is necessary to improve the clinical education and management specified with tropical infectious diseases and oral health.
随着国内外人员交流的增加，热带地区的地方性传染病继续在当地流行，非热带地区也出现了输入性传染病，其中一些伴有口腔表现。因此，对于从事国内医疗服务、国际医疗援助、维和医疗服务或国际联合军事演习医疗支援的牙科专业人员来说，识别相关的口腔表现至关重要。本研究旨在调查中国牙科专业人员对热带传染病和口腔健康的态度和知识，并探讨不同性别、教育背景、专业身份、职称和热带工作经验之间的差异。
采用网络问卷调查了 236 名中国牙科专业人员对热带传染病和口腔健康的知识和态度。
参与者在热带传染病和口腔健康方面的得分相当低。尽管在热带地区的工作经验部分影响了他们的理解，但不同性别、教育背景、专业身份和职称之间没有差异。
牙科专业人员对热带传染病和口腔健康的认识不足。有必要提高与热带传染病和口腔健康相关的临床教育和管理水平。
