Šimunović Luka, Špiljak Bruno, Bašić Krešimir, Šutej Ivana
Assistant, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
PhD student, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
J Clin Exp Dent. 2024 Aug 1;16(8):e967-e974. doi: 10.4317/jced.61839. eCollection 2024 Aug.
The objective of this study was to investigate the rate of self-medication among dental students and any differences and/or associations between self-medication, self-assessment and knowledge among students in later years of the same study.
The study was conducted between April and July 2020 at the School of Dental medicine, University of Zagreb. All students were given access to an online survey to learn more about their self-medication habits, pharmacological knowledge and analgesic self-assessment. The experimental research group consisted of 120 third- to sixth-year students (n = 120), while the control group consisted of 30 first- and second-year students who had not taken any pharmacology courses.
Even 110 students (91.67%) reported self-medication, with ibuprofen being the most prevalent analgesic (70%). Fifth-year students showed a statistically significant difference in all knowledge-related questions compared to third- and fourth-year students (=0.0015 and =0.002, respectively). In addition, in the self-assessment statements across all study years, a statistically significant difference (<0.05) was also noticed. The feeling of willingness to prescribe analgesics behaved according to the increasing pattern over the years of study.
A statistically significant difference in self-medication, self-assessment and knowledge among dental students over the years, with the alarmingly high prevalence of self-medication among them, was observed. Because effective dental practice requires a thorough knowledge of pharmaceuticals, it is vital to continually expand and refine students' understanding of the use of analgesics in dentistry throughout their undergraduate studies. Analgesics, Self Medication, Self-Assessment, Knowledge, Dentistry, Students.
本研究的目的是调查牙科学生的自我药疗率，以及同一研究中高年级学生在自我药疗、自我评估和知识方面的差异和/或关联。
该研究于2020年4月至7月在萨格勒布大学牙医学院进行。所有学生都参与了一项在线调查，以了解他们的自我药疗习惯、药理知识和镇痛自我评估情况。实验研究组由120名三至六年级学生（n = 120）组成，而对照组由30名未修过任何药理学课程的一、二年级学生组成。
甚至有110名学生（91.67%）报告有自我药疗行为，布洛芬是最常用的镇痛药（70%）。与三、四年级学生相比，五年级学生在所有与知识相关的问题上均显示出统计学上的显著差异（分别为=0.0015和=0.002）。此外，在所有学习年份的自我评估陈述中，也发现了统计学上的显著差异（<0.05）。开具镇痛药的意愿感随着学习年份的增加呈上升趋势。
观察到牙科学生在自我药疗、自我评估和知识方面多年来存在统计学上的显著差异，且他们自我药疗的患病率高得惊人。由于有效的牙科实践需要对药物有全面的了解，因此在整个本科学习期间不断扩展和完善学生对牙科中镇痛药使用的理解至关重要。镇痛药、自我药疗、自我评估、知识、牙科、学生。
