口腔颌面痛基本知识评估——本科口腔医学生篇

Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital.

Department of Child Dental Health, Bayero University, Kano/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.

West Afr J Med. 2023 Oct 31;40(10):1060-1066.

INTRODUCTION

With pain being the major cause of visits to the dental clinic, the basic knowledge of causes for adequate management is paramount for dentists and dentists-in-training to improve the quality of life of patients.

OBJECTIVE

The study was conducted to assess the knowledge of undergraduate dental students regarding orofacial pain (OFP) and how comfortable they are understanding, identifying, and diagnosing different categories of OFP.

DESIGN

A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst penultimate and final year dental students of two dental schools. A modified questionnaire on basic knowledge of OFP which contained 16 questions was adopted to evaluate students' knowledge. Questions also assessed how comfortable the students were diagnosing the different categories of OFP. P value was set at ≤0.05 (exact).

RESULTS

One hundred and four undergraduates participated in the study. The age range was 23-33 years while the mean was 24.3 ± 2.1years. Only 31% got the basic questions correctly. About 51% in both levels claimed they had moderate knowledge (scale 5-7) of pain education, while 64% of final year students felt their knowledge was adequate for their clinical needs, 50% of the penultimate year felt otherwise (p=0.02). All students however believed they needed more teaching on orofacial pain, with the most preferred form of learning being clinic-based teaching (40.4%).

CONCLUSION

The study showed moderate self-assessed knowledge but low general basic knowledge of OFP by the undergraduate students; possibly a reflection of the curriculum. Therefore, there is a need to improve the curriculum for orofacial pain teachings in dental schools.

简介

由于疼痛是导致人们前往牙科诊所的主要原因，因此牙医和牙医培训生必须具备充分管理疼痛的基本知识，以提高患者的生活质量。

目的

本研究旨在评估本科生对口腔颌面部疼痛（OFP）的知识水平，以及他们在理解、识别和诊断不同类别的 OFP 方面的舒适度。

设计

在两所牙科学校的牙科学位前和学位后学生中进行了横断面研究。采用了一份关于 OFP 基础知识的修改后的问卷，其中包含 16 个问题，以评估学生的知识。问题还评估了学生对不同类别的 OFP 进行诊断的舒适度。P 值设定为≤0.05（确切）。

结果

共有 104 名本科生参与了这项研究。年龄范围为 23-33 岁，平均年龄为 24.3±2.1 岁。只有 31%的学生答对了基本问题。约 51%的前牙位和后牙位学生声称他们对疼痛教育有中等程度的了解（5-7 分），而 64%的后牙位学生认为他们的知识足以满足临床需求，而 50%的前牙位学生则不然（p=0.02）。然而，所有学生都认为他们需要更多关于口腔颌面部疼痛的教学，最受欢迎的学习形式是基于诊所的教学（40.4%）。