Detailed Information on Publication Record
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:
Impact factor
Impact factor: 4.614 in 2021
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00125446
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
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
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 |
| ||
| LTC20031, research and development project |
| ||
| MUNI/A/1402/2021, interní kód MU |
| ||
| MUNI/IGA/1104/2021, interní kód MU |
|