Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2022 Sep;26(18):6561-6568. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202209_29754.
This study aimed at assessing whether the dental and medical practitioners in Saudi Arabia are aware of the smoking cessation smartphone applications and their opinions about this method used in smoking cessation.
A self-reporting questionnaire was designed to assess the level of knowledge and awareness among the dental and medical practitioners regarding the smartphone mobile applications for smoking cessation. The content of the questionnaire was validated and sent to individual physicians through email, WhatsApp, Twitter and other social media platforms, which also contained a consent form and explanation of the study. Responses were summarized using descriptive statistics by frequencies and percentages. A Chi-square test was used to observe the differences in opinions of smoking cessation apps between smokers and non-smokers among all the participants.
A total of 420 responses were obtained from the dental and medical professionals (291 males and 129 females) in different ranks. Among all the participants, 46.7% were in the age range of 30-40 years. The profession of the participants was divided into four groups and general dental practitioners are the most respondents compared to other practitioners. Among all the participants, 31% were smokers and the rest were non-smokers. Overall, 12.6% of participants and 20.8% of participants who were smokers were aware of the mobile applications which are used for smoking cessation.
The dental and medical practitioners in Saudi Arabia are not relatively acquainted with mobile apps for smoking cessation.
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯的牙科和医疗从业者是否了解用于戒烟的智能手机应用程序，以及他们对这种戒烟方法的看法。
设计了一份自我报告式问卷，以评估牙科和医疗从业者对用于戒烟的智能手机应用程序的知识和认知水平。问卷的内容经过验证，并通过电子邮件、WhatsApp、Twitter 和其他社交媒体平台发送给个体医生，其中还包含同意书和研究说明。使用频率和百分比来总结问卷的回答结果。对所有参与者中的吸烟者和非吸烟者之间的戒烟应用程序的意见差异进行卡方检验。
从不同级别牙科和医疗专业人员（291 名男性和 129 名女性）中获得了 420 份回复。在所有参与者中，46.7%的人年龄在 30-40 岁之间。参与者的职业分为四组，与其他从业者相比，普通牙科医生的回复最多。在所有参与者中，31%是吸烟者，其余是非吸烟者。总的来说，12.6%的参与者和 20.8%的吸烟者知道用于戒烟的移动应用程序。
沙特阿拉伯的牙科和医疗从业者对用于戒烟的智能手机应用程序并不熟悉。
