J 2022

Czech and Slovak Dental Students’ Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours (KAB): Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study

RIAD, Abanoub, Veronika CHUCHMOVÁ, Ján STANĚK, Barbora HOCKOVÁ, Sameh ATTIA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Czech and Slovak Dental Students’ Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours (KAB): Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study

Authors

RIAD, Abanoub (818 Egypt, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Veronika CHUCHMOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ján STANĚK, Barbora HOCKOVÁ, Sameh ATTIA, Martin KRSEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Miloslav KLUGAR (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

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.614 in 2021

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/22:00125446

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052717

UT WoS

000768260400001

Keywords in English

Czech Republic; dental education; dental students; Slovakia; health-related knowledge; attitudes and practices; Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory; HU-DBI; oral health; oral hygiene

Tags

14110525, 14119612, 14119613, rivok

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 5/4/2023 08:14, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Dentists play a key role in the primary prevention of oral diseases and related systemic complications; therefore, their views on behavioural interventions need to be aligned with the current agendas for oral health. Likewise, dental students’ oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours (KAB) are of practical importance, as they are the future opinion leaders for oral health in their respective communities. A cross-sectional survey-based study was designed to evaluate the oral health KAB of dental students in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The study utilized translated versions of the Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI), and it aimed to recruit students from all Czech and Slovak dental schools. A total of 487 students were included in this study, out of which 372 (76.4%) were females, 271 (55.6%) were enrolled in preclinical years, 68 (14%) reported smoking tobacco at least once a week, and 430 (88.3%) reported problematic internet use. The mean HU-DBI score of Czech and Slovak dental students (8.18 ± 1.80) was comparable with the previously reported scores of dental students in Nordic and Western European countries. Czech students (9.34 ± 1.29) had a significantly higher score than their Slovak counterparts (7.56 ± 1.73). In both countries, preclinical students (8.04 vs. 8.35), the students who reported tobacco smoking (7.63 vs. 8.27), and those who reported problematic internet use (8.11 vs. 8.70) had significantly lower HU-DBI scores than their counterparts, respectively. In the Czech Republic, the significant increases in HU-DBI scores occurred after the first academic year when the students received preventive dentistry courses; therefore, one can put forward that early implementation of preventive elements in undergraduate dental curricula may yield better and more sustainable oral health gains for the students. Future research on Czech and Slovak dental curricula need to re-evaluate the oral hygiene and anti-smoking components and their impact on students’ views and attitudes.

Links

EF19_073/0016943, research and development project
Name: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity
LTC20031, research and development project
Name: Towards an International Network for Evidence-based Research in Clinical Health Research in the Czech Republic
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, INTER-COST
MUNI/A/1402/2021, interní kód MU
Name: Prohlubování znalostí v oblasti zdravotních rizik a benefitů výživy, prostředí a životního stylu IV
Investor: Masaryk University
MUNI/IGA/1104/2021, interní kód MU
Name: COVID-19 Vaccines Safety Tracking in the Czech Republic (Acronym: CoVaST-CZ)
Investor: Masaryk University
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