Detailed Information on Publication Record
2022
Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours of Arab Dental Students: Multi-National Cross-Sectional Study and Literature Analysis 2000–2020
RIAD, Abanoub, N. M. AL-KHANATI, J. ISSA, M. ZENATI, N. B. ABDESSLEM et. al.Basic information
Original name
Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours of Arab Dental Students: Multi-National Cross-Sectional Study and Literature Analysis 2000–2020
Authors
RIAD, Abanoub (818 Egypt, guarantor, belonging to the institution), N. M. AL-KHANATI, J. ISSA, M. ZENATI, N. B. ABDESSLEM, S. ATTIA and Martin KRSEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, MDPI, 2022, 1660-4601
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30304 Public and environmental health
Country of publisher
Switzerland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 4.614 in 2021
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00125333
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000757347600001
Keywords in English
Arab countries; dental education; dental students; health knowledge; attitudes; practice; Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory; HU-DBI; Lebanon; oral health; oral hygiene; Syria; Tunisia
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 22/3/2022 10:22, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
Abstract
V originále
Dental students are the future leaders of oral health in their respective communities; therefore, their oral health-related attitudes and behaviours are of practical value for primary disease prevention. The present study aimed to evaluate oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of dental students in Arab countries and explore the potential sociodemographic predictors of their oral health outcomes. A multi-centre, cross-sectional study was conducted during the academic year 2019/2020 in three Arab countries: Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia. The study used a validated Arabic version of the Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI) composed of original twenty items that assess the level of oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours, and four additional dichotomous items related to tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, problematic internet use, and regular dental check-up. The HU-DBI score ranges between 0 and 12. A total of 1430 students took part in this study, out of which 60.8% were females, 57.8% were enrolled in clinical years, 24.5% were tobacco smokers, 7.2% were alcohol drinkers, and 87% reported internet addiction. The mean HU-DBI score was 6.31 ± 1.84, with Lebanon having the highest score (6.67 ± 1.83), followed by Syria (6.38 ± 1.83) and Tunisia (6.05 ± 1.83). Clinical students (6.78 ± 1.70) had higher HU-DBI scores than their preclinical peers (5.97 ± 1.86). The year-over-year analysis revealed that dental public health and preventive dentistry courses had significantly and positively impacted the undergraduate students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. The gender-based differences were not statistically significant, with a modest trend favouring males, especially oral health behaviours. Tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and problematic internet use were associated with lower HU-DBI scores. In the Arab world, the economic rank of the country where the dental students live/study was weakly correlated with the students’ mean HU-DBI score.
Links
| MUNI/A/1402/2021, interní kód MU |
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