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
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
pii:
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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