Educational approaches for assessing knowledge about and actions of educators in response to dental avulsion.

Autor: Lima, Jacqueline, Caldarelli, Pablo, Rocha, Juliana, Fagundes Tomazinho, Flávia, Fariniuk, Luiz, Baratto-Filho, Flares, Leão Gabardo, Marilisa, Caldarelli, Pablo Guilherme, Rocha, Juliana Schaia, Fagundes Tomazinho, Flávia Sens, Fariniuk, Luiz Fernando, Leão Gabardo, Marilisa Carneiro
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Zdroj: Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry; Apr-Jun2021, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p138-146, 9p
Abstrakt: Background: Dental trauma affects especially schoolchildren and adolescents. Educators, the responsible for the first appointment, have a fundamental role in the prognosis of dental avulsion that occurred in this environment.Aim: To evaluate the educational approaches for assessing knowledge and actions in response to dental avulsion among educators.Settings and Design: This cross-sectional and quanti-qualitative study included 197 teachers and 24 pedagogical coordinators (PCs), from the public schools of Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil.Methods: A questionnaire was initially administered regarding the knowledge about avulsion to all participants. Teachers just read a manual and answered the questionnaire after 30 days. PCs were divided into (n = 12): G1 - manual + fictitious scenario of avulsion and G2 - active methodology + fictitious scenario. The questionnaire was re-administered to all.Statistical Analysis: Quantitative data were analyzed statistically. For the qualitative stage, two questions were proposed and the Bardin's analysis was performed.Results: For teachers, knowledge about avulsion increased after the intervention (P < 0.001), except as related to cleaning the tooth (P = 0.21). Activities involving G1 and G2 also led to an increase in knowledge, but no difference occurred in this increase between the approaches (P = 0.14). Qualitative analysis highlighted the need for calm and for performing actions that could favor a good prognosis in cases of avulsion.Conclusions: The level of knowledge increased after interventions, but no significant differences between the educational approaches were found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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