Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries: Knowledge of Dubai School Nurses
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
;
19: e4783, 2019. tab, graf
Article
in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-1056862
ABSTRACT
Abstract Objective:
To assess the knowledge of school nurses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, about the emergency management of Traumatic Dental Injuries (TDIs) at schools. Material andMethods:
A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted amongst 68 school nurses (SN) prior to inviting them to an educational workshop on the emergency management of TDIs. The educational workshop covered all the topics in the questionnaire and provided basic necessary information to the SN regarding the emergency management of TDIs. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the characteristics of the sample; the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to test normality for the score of knowledge and Mann-Whitney U test to correlate score of knowledge with different demographical variables (p<0.05)Results:
An overall lack of knowledge about the emergency management of TDIs was observed. The overall average for the score of knowledge for all the participants was 10.75 out of a total of 16 correct answers. Female participants had significantly higher scores of knowledge compared to males (p=0.02). None of the other demographic variables were significantly associated with the score of knowledgeConclusion:
More training programs are essential for school nurses to improve their knowledge and awareness for better future handling of traumatic dental injuries.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
United Arab Emirates
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Health Education
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Tooth Injuries
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Nurses
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United Arab Emirates
Institution/Affiliation country:
Ministry of Health and Prevention/AE
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Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences/AE
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