Awareness, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Oral Healthcare among First Year Dental, Medical, and Nursing Students.

attitudes awareness interprofessional education oral healthcare perceptions

Journal

Dentistry journal
ISSN: 2304-6767
Titre abrégé: Dent J (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101716125

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Jul 2023
Historique:
received: 02 06 2023
revised: 30 06 2023
accepted: 07 07 2023
medline: 28 7 2023
pubmed: 28 7 2023
entrez: 28 7 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

It has been reported that poor oral health can worsen general health conditions. Good collaboration between health professionals is important to provide proper oral healthcare. Thus, there is a need for oral healthcare interprofessional education (IPE). This study aimed to determine the baseline level of awareness, attitudes, and perceptions of oral healthcare among first-year students of dentistry, medicine, and nursing at Universitas Indonesia. A cross-sectional descriptive analytical study using a previously published questionnaire was conducted involving 442 students, consisting of dental students (DS), medical students (MS), and nursing students (NS) in Universitas Indonesia. Most students have shown good oral healthcare awareness, attitudes, and perception with no statistically significant difference between the groups ( This study showed that there were aspects of oral healthcare that should be improved in all student groups. Thus, oral healthcare IPE should be given to all students working in healthcare to develop knowledge and interprofessional collaboration in oral healthcare.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
It has been reported that poor oral health can worsen general health conditions. Good collaboration between health professionals is important to provide proper oral healthcare. Thus, there is a need for oral healthcare interprofessional education (IPE). This study aimed to determine the baseline level of awareness, attitudes, and perceptions of oral healthcare among first-year students of dentistry, medicine, and nursing at Universitas Indonesia.
METHOD AND PARTICIPANTS METHODS
A cross-sectional descriptive analytical study using a previously published questionnaire was conducted involving 442 students, consisting of dental students (DS), medical students (MS), and nursing students (NS) in Universitas Indonesia.
RESULTS RESULTS
Most students have shown good oral healthcare awareness, attitudes, and perception with no statistically significant difference between the groups (
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
This study showed that there were aspects of oral healthcare that should be improved in all student groups. Thus, oral healthcare IPE should be given to all students working in healthcare to develop knowledge and interprofessional collaboration in oral healthcare.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37504235
pii: dj11070169
doi: 10.3390/dj11070169
pmc: PMC10378429
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : the Directorate of Research and Development Universitas Indonesia
ID : Grant No. NKB-611/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2022

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Auteurs

Tassya Lay (T)

Dentistry Study Program, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

Fadiza Nurchasanah (F)

Dentistry Study Program, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

Dessie Wanda (D)

Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 16424, Indonesia.

Indriasti Indah Wardhany (II)

Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

Rulliana Agustin (R)

Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

Satoru Haresaku (S)

Department of Nursing, Fukuoka Nursing College, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan.

Yuniardini Septorini Wimardhani (YS)

Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

Masita Mandasari (M)

Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

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