Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude and Current Practices towards Smoking Cessation among Clinical Dental Students of Universiti Teknologi MARA

• Published in: Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
• Main Author: Asmaon A.F.; Heah K.G.; Zhu H.; Mohd M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Dicle 2021
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104800118&partnerID=40&md5=63703aed1e2f2900e9b420236dba3d90

This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and current practices towards smoking cessation among Universiti Teknologi MARA’s clinical dental students. A twenty-nine item questionnaires were distributed to all the clinical dental students in Dental Centre of Universiti Teknologi MARA. The questionnaires include personal data of each clinical year student, knowledge of students in providing smoking cessation advice, attitude of students towards smoking cessation, and current practices among students in smoking cessation activity. Data obtained was carried out by statistical analysis of descriptive and Chi Square tests. p value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant for this study. The significances of the overall respondents in knowledge of the clinical students in smoking cessation shown 90.1% had read some information regarding smoking cessation (p=0.001), and 65.8% had attend lecture, course and training on smoking cessation (p<0.001). In addition, the significant study of the overall respondents in students’ current practices in providing smoking cessation advice were 89.5% discuss smoking with patients having poor subjective health (p=0.001). On this basis, active involvement of clinical dental students is needed in the effective smoking cessation advice and intervention strategies for the patients. © 2021