Trivedi Anal R, Gupta Shalini S, Patel Vasumati I, Trivedi Rutvik H, Bhavsar Neeta V, Vyas Chintal K, Parikh Hiral A
Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Faculty of Dental Science, DDU, Nadiad, Gujrat, India.
Department of Cardiology, Zydus Hospital, Anand, Gujrat, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Jul;16(Suppl 3):S2467-S2469. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_352_24. Epub 2024 Jul 31.
It is frequently observed that dental students require so many consents to manage medically compromised patients, especially cardiovascular patients with periodontitis requiring dental treatment.
The present study aimed to assess the dental students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients with periodontitis requiring dental treatment.
The cross-sectional study was conducted among 611 dental undergraduate and postgraduate students (branches of Periodontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Endodontics, Prosthodontics, and Public Health and Dentistry) of central Gujrat. Self-administered structured questionnaires with 23 questions were distributed in pen-and-paper physical format. Statistical analysis for descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, confidence interval, one-way analysis of variance, test for multiple comparisons, Fisher's exact test, and Pearson's correlation has been done by MS Excel and STATA/IC-13.
As per the test, both groups of students have significantly different knowledge (-4.20210*, = 0.028) and their practices (0.68632, = 0.968) but no significant difference between their attitudes (-6.22828, = 0.089). According to the Pearson correlation test, a weak positive/no relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and practice is reported in both study groups. There is a weak positive relation between knowledge and attitudes (0.270) and between knowledge and practices (0.121), and a similar relationship between their attitudes and practices (0.172) was observed in both groups.
Correct knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dental management of CVD patients with periodontitis can reduce medical consent to improve the treatment quality of dental students.
经常可以观察到，牙科学生需要获得许多同意书才能处理有医学问题的患者，尤其是患有牙周炎且需要牙科治疗的心血管疾病患者。
本研究旨在评估牙科学生对患有牙周炎且需要牙科治疗的心血管疾病（CVD）患者管理方面的知识、态度和实践。
在古吉拉特邦中部的611名牙科本科和研究生（牙周病学、口腔颌面外科、口腔医学与放射学、牙髓病学、修复学、公共卫生与牙科学专业）中进行了横断面研究。以纸笔形式分发了包含23个问题的自填式结构化问卷。通过MS Excel和STATA/IC - 13对频率、百分比、均值、标准差、置信区间、单因素方差分析、多重比较检验、费舍尔精确检验和皮尔逊相关性等描述性统计进行了统计分析。
根据检验，两组学生在知识方面（-4.20210*，P = 0.028）和实践方面（0.68632，P = 0.968）存在显著差异，但在态度方面（-6.22828，P = 0.089）无显著差异。根据皮尔逊相关性检验，两个研究组在知识、态度和实践之间均报告为弱正相关/无关系。两组中知识与态度之间（0.270）、知识与实践之间（0.121）存在弱正相关，态度与实践之间也存在类似关系（0.172）。
对患有牙周炎的CVD患者进行牙科管理的正确知识、态度和实践可以减少医学同意书的需求，从而提高牙科学生的治疗质量。
