Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study.
Midwives may play an important role in oral health promotion of pregnant women, whom they are in close contact with. Our aim was to evaluate an educational intervention on the oral health attitude and practices among the junior midwifery students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2010.The...
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| author | Simin Zahra Mohebbi Reza Yazdani Katayoun Sargeran Zeinab Tartar Atousa Janeshin |
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| description | Midwives may play an important role in oral health promotion of pregnant women, whom they are in close contact with. Our aim was to evaluate an educational intervention on the oral health attitude and practices among the junior midwifery students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2010.The junior midwifery students were divided into intervention (n=29) and control (n=33) groups. The intervention group was first educated about general oral health, oral hygiene practices during pregnancy, and tooth brushing and flossing on models. Subsequently, the students performed role playing to ensure they understood the aforementioned lessons correctly. Before and three months after the training course the students filled out a validated self-administered questionnaire and a simplified plaque index was recorded. Statistical analysis was done by Mann-Whitney test and linear regression models.Before the intervention, the mean scores of attitude in general oral health for the intervention and control groups were 5.8 and 5.4, respectively, which improved to 8.9 and 5.4 after the intervention (P |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7262ee0337a04754918b41725c533e6b2022-12-22T01:10:32ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesFrontiers in Dentistry2676-296X2014-10-01115356Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study.Simin Zahra Mohebbi0Reza Yazdani1Katayoun Sargeran2Zeinab Tartar3Atousa Janeshin4Associate Professor, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Assistant Professor, Department of Community Oral Health, School Of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Dentist, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Dentistry, Tehran, Iran.Dentist, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Dentistry, Tehran, Iran.Midwives may play an important role in oral health promotion of pregnant women, whom they are in close contact with. Our aim was to evaluate an educational intervention on the oral health attitude and practices among the junior midwifery students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2010.The junior midwifery students were divided into intervention (n=29) and control (n=33) groups. The intervention group was first educated about general oral health, oral hygiene practices during pregnancy, and tooth brushing and flossing on models. Subsequently, the students performed role playing to ensure they understood the aforementioned lessons correctly. Before and three months after the training course the students filled out a validated self-administered questionnaire and a simplified plaque index was recorded. Statistical analysis was done by Mann-Whitney test and linear regression models.Before the intervention, the mean scores of attitude in general oral health for the intervention and control groups were 5.8 and 5.4, respectively, which improved to 8.9 and 5.4 after the intervention (Phttps://jdt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jdt/article/view/380AttitudeMidwiferyOral healthPracticePregnant women |
| spellingShingle | Simin Zahra Mohebbi Reza Yazdani Katayoun Sargeran Zeinab Tartar Atousa Janeshin Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study. Frontiers in Dentistry Attitude Midwifery Oral health Practice Pregnant women |
| title | Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study. |
| title_full | Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study. |
| title_short | Midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients: an interventional study. |
| title_sort | midwifery students training in oral care of pregnant patients an interventional study |
| topic | Attitude Midwifery Oral health Practice Pregnant women |
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