Knowledge and Attitudes About Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Objective: Dental sleep medicine is an increasingly recognized medical specialty, but obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) frequently progresses undetected. Dentists are often the first health-care professionals to assess signs and symptoms of OSA and therefore have a key role in OSA diagnosis. The purpose...
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| Language: | English |
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Atatürk University
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Current Research in Dental Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4510469 |
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| Summary: | Objective: Dental sleep medicine is an increasingly recognized medical specialty, but obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) frequently progresses undetected. Dentists are often the first health-care professionals to assess signs and symptoms of OSA and therefore have a key role in OSA diagnosis. The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes about OSA among dentalstudents.Methods: The OSA knowledge and attitude questionnaire was completed by dental students between April 2023 and June 2023. The questionnaire includes 18 knowledge and 5 attitudeitems on OSA. Chi-square tests and Student’s t-tests were used to compare the differences between individual items and mean scores of the participants. Differences were considered significantat P < .05.Results: A total of 351 dental students participated in the study. The total knowledge scores of the students were poor with a mean knowledge score for all students of 51% (9.18 ± 2.89). While67.6% of participants considered OSA to be of clinical importance, only 18.2% were confident in their ability to manage OSA.Conclusion: There are some deficiencies in the OSA education provided to dental students. Additional courses on dental sleep medicine are needed, and relevant updates should be made tothe dentistry curriculum.Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, dental education, dental student, obstructive sleep apnea |
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| ISSN: | 2822-2555 |