Dental research Center, Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorram abad, Iran.
BMC Oral Health. 2024 Aug 16;24(1):954. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-04722-8.
Having knowledge of the dental procedures that necessitate endocarditis prophylaxis is of high importance. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the knowledge level and attitudes of general medical and dental practitioners, dental specialists, and cardiologists in Tehran and Hamadan about endocarditis.
This cross-sectional study was carried out on 420 general medical and dental practitioners, dental specialists, and cardiologists in Tehran and Hamadan provinces in 2015. The questionnaire used in this research consisted of three parts as follows: part one: information on cardiac diseases; part two: dental procedures requiring endocarditis prophylaxis; part three: antibiotic diet in endocarditis prophylaxis. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and chi-square tests were conducted to analyze the data. All the analyses were performed in SPSS version 16.
The results showed that 86.7 had a relatively favorable and 10.5% of subjects had a favorable level of knowledge about endocarditis. Also, 58.6% of subjects had a poor attitude toward endocarditis prophylaxis. There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude, age, gender, and work experience (P < 0.001). There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude, and job groups; dental specialists had a more favorable knowledge and positive attitude than others (P < 0.001).
We recommended developing more practical training programs in dental schools on cardiac diseases, and dental procedures requiring endocarditis prophylaxis and antibiotic diets.
了解需要预防心内膜炎的牙科程序非常重要。因此,本研究的目的是确定德黑兰和哈马丹的普通内科和牙科医生、牙科专家和心脏病专家对心内膜炎的知识水平和态度。
这是 2015 年在德黑兰省和哈马丹省进行的一项横断面研究,共纳入 420 名普通内科和牙科医生、牙科专家和心脏病专家。本研究使用的问卷包括三个部分:第一部分:心脏病信息;第二部分:需要预防心内膜炎的牙科程序;第三部分:心内膜炎预防中的抗生素饮食。采用独立 t 检验、单因素方差分析和卡方检验进行数据分析。所有分析均在 SPSS 版本 16 中进行。
结果表明,86.7%的人对心内膜炎有相对较好的认识,10.5%的人有较好的认识。此外,58.6%的人对心内膜炎预防的态度较差。知识和态度、年龄、性别和工作经验之间存在显著关系(P<0.001)。知识和态度与职业群体之间存在显著关系,牙科专家比其他职业群体具有更好的知识和积极的态度(P<0.001)。
我们建议在牙科学院开展更多关于心脏病和需要预防心内膜炎的牙科程序以及抗生素饮食的实用培训计划。