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Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease that could indirectly affect oral health, and it is necessary for dentists to be familiar with the specific needs of patients with epilepsy. Therefore, aim of the present study was to assess the factors associated with the level of knowledge abo...

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Autores principales: Lurita-Córdova, Paolo, Ladera-Castañeda, Marysela, Santander-Rengifo, Flor, López-Gurreonero, Carlos, Cornejo-Pinto, Alberto, Cervantes-Ganoza, Luis, Castro Pérez-Vargas, Antonieta, Cayo-Rojas, César
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9885401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36717821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-02745-1
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author Lurita-Córdova, Paolo
Ladera-Castañeda, Marysela
Santander-Rengifo, Flor
López-Gurreonero, Carlos
Cornejo-Pinto, Alberto
Cervantes-Ganoza, Luis
Castro Pérez-Vargas, Antonieta
Cayo-Rojas, César
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Ladera-Castañeda, Marysela
Santander-Rengifo, Flor
López-Gurreonero, Carlos
Cornejo-Pinto, Alberto
Cervantes-Ganoza, Luis
Castro Pérez-Vargas, Antonieta
Cayo-Rojas, César
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description BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease that could indirectly affect oral health, and it is necessary for dentists to be familiar with the specific needs of patients with epilepsy. Therefore, aim of the present study was to assess the factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students. METHODS: This analytical, observational, cross-sectional and prospective study assessed 312 dental students from a Peruvian university during February to April 2022. A validated questionnaire of 20 closed multiple-choice questions was used to measure the level of knowledge about dental management in epileptic patients. A logit model was used to assess the influence of variables: gender, age, year of study, marital status, place of origin and area of residence, with the level of knowledge in dental students considering a significance level of p < 0.05. RESULTS: Of the total, 28.8%, 36.2% and 34.9% had a poor, fair and good level of knowledge, respectively, about the dental treatment of epileptic patients. On the other hand, it was observed that being a woman (OR = 0.44, CI 0.26–0.75) and being a third year student (OR = 0.39, CI 0.21–0.74) and fourth year student (OR = 0.43, CI 0.23–0.89) constituted a protective factor against poor knowledge about the dental management of epileptic patients, while being from the capital city constituted a risk factor. Finally, age, marital status and the students' area of residence were not considered influential factors (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Most of the students showed a poor and fair level of knowledge about the dental management of epileptic patients, with gender, academic year and place of origin being influential factors. It is advisable that authorities and teachers in the dental profession organize recurrent training programs on the care of patients with chronic diseases requiring special attention, since knowing general concepts, pharmacological management and dental care of epileptic patients will allow future dentists to develop competencies to improve and implement good quality care protocols for this group of patients.
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spelling pubmed-98854012023-01-30 Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis Lurita-Córdova, Paolo Ladera-Castañeda, Marysela Santander-Rengifo, Flor López-Gurreonero, Carlos Cornejo-Pinto, Alberto Cervantes-Ganoza, Luis Castro Pérez-Vargas, Antonieta Cayo-Rojas, César BMC Oral Health Research BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease that could indirectly affect oral health, and it is necessary for dentists to be familiar with the specific needs of patients with epilepsy. Therefore, aim of the present study was to assess the factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students. METHODS: This analytical, observational, cross-sectional and prospective study assessed 312 dental students from a Peruvian university during February to April 2022. A validated questionnaire of 20 closed multiple-choice questions was used to measure the level of knowledge about dental management in epileptic patients. A logit model was used to assess the influence of variables: gender, age, year of study, marital status, place of origin and area of residence, with the level of knowledge in dental students considering a significance level of p < 0.05. RESULTS: Of the total, 28.8%, 36.2% and 34.9% had a poor, fair and good level of knowledge, respectively, about the dental treatment of epileptic patients. On the other hand, it was observed that being a woman (OR = 0.44, CI 0.26–0.75) and being a third year student (OR = 0.39, CI 0.21–0.74) and fourth year student (OR = 0.43, CI 0.23–0.89) constituted a protective factor against poor knowledge about the dental management of epileptic patients, while being from the capital city constituted a risk factor. Finally, age, marital status and the students' area of residence were not considered influential factors (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Most of the students showed a poor and fair level of knowledge about the dental management of epileptic patients, with gender, academic year and place of origin being influential factors. It is advisable that authorities and teachers in the dental profession organize recurrent training programs on the care of patients with chronic diseases requiring special attention, since knowing general concepts, pharmacological management and dental care of epileptic patients will allow future dentists to develop competencies to improve and implement good quality care protocols for this group of patients. BioMed Central 2023-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9885401/ /pubmed/36717821 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-02745-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Lurita-Córdova, Paolo
Ladera-Castañeda, Marysela
Santander-Rengifo, Flor
López-Gurreonero, Carlos
Cornejo-Pinto, Alberto
Cervantes-Ganoza, Luis
Castro Pérez-Vargas, Antonieta
Cayo-Rojas, César
Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
title Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
title_full Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
title_fullStr Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
title_full_unstemmed Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
title_short Sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in Peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
title_sort sociodemographic factors associated with the level of knowledge about management of epileptic patients in peruvian dental students: a cross-sectional study under a multivariable analysis
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9885401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36717821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-02745-1
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