Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey

Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care workers (HCWs). Materials and Methods: The present questionnaire-based survey among 473 HCW comprising of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, and interns was carried...

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Autores principales:	Anmol Mehrotra, Ankita Mehrotra, Ashish K Babu, Prachi Ji, Sagar Arjun Mapare, Ranjit Omprakash Pawar
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
Materias:	attitude health-care workers knowledge oral health practices Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Analytical chemistry QD71-142
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:df30d5b8ce124ed181e795af061d60752021-11-19T12:15:53ZOral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey0975-740610.4103/jpbs.jpbs_250_21https://doaj.org/article/df30d5b8ce124ed181e795af061d60752021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2021;volume=13;issue=6;spage=1452;epage=1457;aulast=Mehrotrahttps://doaj.org/toc/0975-7406Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care workers (HCWs). Materials and Methods: The present questionnaire-based survey among 473 HCW comprising of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, and interns was carried out to know the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among different HCW. Responses were recorded and data were assessed through descriptive statistics and by applying analysis of variance, Chi-square, and z-tests. Results: Maximum of doctors (98.7%), nurses (80.4%), interns (73.3%), pharmacists (70.8%), and technicians (67.1%) responded correctly that oral health is related to systemic health followed by treating a decayed tooth is equally important as treating other body ailments. Doctors revealed higher mean knowledge scores in comparison with other HCW. A significant difference is noted with regard to frequency of dental visit (P = 0.000), reason behind dental visit (P = 0.001), and barrier for not visiting the dentist (P = 0.013) among males and females. Similarly, a significant difference is noted with regard to frequency of dental visit (P = 0.001), dentist familiarizing about the treatment (P = 0.001), and his concern about the patients (P = 0.001) among between different HCW. Conclusion: From the results of the present study, a variation in oral health knowledge was observed among different HCW. All the participants showed a positive attitude toward professional dental care.Anmol MehrotraAnkita MehrotraAshish K BabuPrachi JiSagar Arjun MapareRanjit Omprakash PawarWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticleattitudehealth-care workersknowledgeoral healthpracticesPharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441Analytical chemistryQD71-142ENJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 6, Pp 1452-1457 (2021)
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spellingShingle	attitude health-care workers knowledge oral health practices Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Analytical chemistry QD71-142 Anmol Mehrotra Ankita Mehrotra Ashish K Babu Prachi Ji Sagar Arjun Mapare Ranjit Omprakash Pawar Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey
description	Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care workers (HCWs). Materials and Methods: The present questionnaire-based survey among 473 HCW comprising of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, and interns was carried out to know the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among different HCW. Responses were recorded and data were assessed through descriptive statistics and by applying analysis of variance, Chi-square, and z-tests. Results: Maximum of doctors (98.7%), nurses (80.4%), interns (73.3%), pharmacists (70.8%), and technicians (67.1%) responded correctly that oral health is related to systemic health followed by treating a decayed tooth is equally important as treating other body ailments. Doctors revealed higher mean knowledge scores in comparison with other HCW. A significant difference is noted with regard to frequency of dental visit (P = 0.000), reason behind dental visit (P = 0.001), and barrier for not visiting the dentist (P = 0.013) among males and females. Similarly, a significant difference is noted with regard to frequency of dental visit (P = 0.001), dentist familiarizing about the treatment (P = 0.001), and his concern about the patients (P = 0.001) among between different HCW. Conclusion: From the results of the present study, a variation in oral health knowledge was observed among different HCW. All the participants showed a positive attitude toward professional dental care.
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title	Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey
title_short	Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey
title_full	Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey
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publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among the health-care professionals: A questionnaire-based survey

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