[Level of knowledge in undergraduate dental students about the prescription of analgesics, anti-inflammatories, and antibiotics in pediatric dentistry].

Autor: Requejo-Bustamante AP; Postgrado de Odontopediatría, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo. Lambayeque, Perú. 46193583@usat.pe, anapatriciarequejobustamante@gmail.com, gperona@usat.edu.pe , guidoperona54@gmail.com Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Postgrado de Odontopediatría Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Lambayeque Peru 46193583@usat.pe anapatriciarequejobustamante@gmail.com gperona@usat.edu.pe guidoperona54@gmail.com., Perona-Miguel de Priego GA; Postgrado de Odontopediatría, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo. Lambayeque, Perú. 46193583@usat.pe, anapatriciarequejobustamante@gmail.com, gperona@usat.edu.pe , guidoperona54@gmail.com Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Postgrado de Odontopediatría Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Lambayeque Peru 46193583@usat.pe anapatriciarequejobustamante@gmail.com gperona@usat.edu.pe guidoperona54@gmail.com.
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Revista Cientifica Odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur) [Rev Cient Odontol (Lima)] 2023 Dec 28; Vol. 11 (4), pp. e173. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 28 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.21142/2523-2754-1104-2023-173
Abstrakt: Objective: To determine the level of knowledge about the prescription of analgesics, anti-inflammatories and antibiotics in pediatric dentistry of undergraduate dental students.
Methodology: This study was descriptive, transversal and observational. The sample included 84 students. The instrument was a questionnaire validated by expert judgment which contained 22 questions divided into 2 parts, 11 questions on NSAIDs and 11 questions on antibiotics, indicating whether the level of knowledge was adequate or inadequate.
Results: The level of knowledge in the use of analgesics and anti-inflammatories in undergraduate students of cycle XII was insufficient (90.5%), followed by 82.9% in cycle X and finally 82.1% in cycle VIII also insufficient. In relation to antibiotics in cycle VIII there was 85.7% insufficient knowledge, in cycle X it was 68.6%, and finally in cycle XII 61.9%, also was insufficient.
Conclusions: The undergraduate students presented mostly insufficient level of knowledge in the use of analgesics, anti-inflammatories and antibiotics.
Competing Interests: Conflictos de intereses: Los autores declaran que no tienen conflictos de intereses
Databáze: MEDLINE