Dental Students' Awareness, Preparedness and Barriers towards Managing Tobacco-Using Patients-A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Aims: To evaluate Hong Kong dental students' perceived awareness, preparedness and barriers towards managing tobacco-using patients. Methods: A validated questionnaire was administered to dental students who were in their clinical years (the third, fourth, fifth and sixth year of study) in 2017 at the University of Hong Kong. The questionnaire consisted of three sections: (1) awareness towards practicing tobacco cessation counselling (TCC), (2) preparedness in terms of confidence, knowledge and clinical practices when managing tobacco-using patients, and (3) perceived barriers to counselling. Results: All 206 invited students had participated this study. Most (93%) agreed that dentists should deliver TCC. However, only around a quarter (26%) of students were well-prepared to help patients

SUBMITTER: Liu DCY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572687 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature