Muhammad-Safwan Nur-Afifah Syafiqah, Abdul-Mumin Khadizah H, Abdul Rahman Hanif, Gharif Rafidah, Haji-Momin Haji-Mohin, Kisut Ramlah, Zielinski Ruth, Dhaliwal Jagjit Singh
Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam.
Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
BDJ Open. 2023 Jul 31;9(1):35. doi: 10.1038/s41405-023-00162-8.
To examine nationwide the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare professionals on oral/dental care of pregnant women in Brunei Darussalam.
A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted using an online survey of eligible healthcare professionals in all Government Maternal and Child Health Care Clinics, Dental Clinics and Obstetrics and Gynecological Clinics in four hospitals covering the whole of Brunei Darussalam. Participants were given seven days to complete the survey. Sub-group analysis using Chi-square test for independence and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the significant association between domains of oral care practices and demographic factors. P values less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 346 healthcare professionals participated in this online study. Most participants (94.3%) responded that they perceived oral health to be of high importance. However, less than two thirds of the participants (59.0%) included oral health questions during antenatal health assessments. Moreover, only 16.2% of participants frequently discussed the importance of oral care with their antenatal patients.
In this survey, most healthcare professionals viewed oral health to be of high importance for prenatal/antenatal patients. However, not all put those views into practice with regard to oral care in pregnant women.
在文莱达鲁萨兰国全国范围内调查医疗保健专业人员在孕妇口腔/牙齿护理方面的知识、态度和实践情况。
采用在线调查的方式，对文莱达鲁萨兰国全境四家医院的所有政府母婴保健诊所、牙科诊所及妇产科诊所中符合条件的医疗保健专业人员进行描述性横断面研究。参与者有七天时间完成调查。使用卡方独立性检验和单因素方差分析（ANOVA）进行亚组分析，以确定口腔护理实践领域与人口统计学因素之间的显著关联。P值小于0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
共有346名医疗保健专业人员参与了这项在线研究。大多数参与者（94.3%）表示他们认为口腔健康非常重要。然而，不到三分之二的参与者（59.0%）在产前健康评估中纳入了口腔健康问题。此外，只有16.2%的参与者经常与他们的产前患者讨论口腔护理的重要性。
在本次调查中，大多数医疗保健专业人员认为口腔健康对产前/孕期患者非常重要。然而，并非所有人都将这些观点付诸于孕妇口腔护理的实践中。
