Attitudes, practices, and barriers in tobacco cessation counselling among dentists of Ahmedabad city, India

Parkar, Sujal; Pandya, Ekta; Sharma, Abhishek

doi:10.4103/0976-433x.188798

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“…36 Though studies indicate that it is the duty of the dental health professionals. [37][38][39][40] All dental institutions have responsibilities to provide necessary professional skills required by the dental health professionals to provide smoking cessation counselling confidently. Learnt skills during the dental curriculum could be reinforced with time-to-time continued dental education programmes, as the need of training is expressed in various studies.…”

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“…Studies by Stacey et al, Albert et al, and Parkar et al had few agreements of respondent dentist agreeing that too much time was spent on providing routine dental treatments such that it was almost impossible to give tobacco cessation counselling to their patients. [58][59][60] For this reason, majority of dentists thought it was better to refer smokers to a smoking cessation expert or quit-smoking clinics. 60,61 Such referral such as the free national quitline are evidence-based smoking cessation service and such referrals could be practiced by any dental health professionals.…”

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“…[58][59][60] For this reason, majority of dentists thought it was better to refer smokers to a smoking cessation expert or quit-smoking clinics. 60,61 Such referral such as the free national quitline are evidence-based smoking cessation service and such referrals could be practiced by any dental health professionals. 62 Behaviour counselling provides an enabling environment in rural settings, where access to pharmacotherapy may be limited.…”

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Role of dental health professional in tobacco cessation: a review

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Bhardwaj

Fotedar

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Dental health professionals are large untapped resource, still have not been utilized to its full capacity. Even brief chair side-based interventions can come a long way in motivating and assisting tobacco users to quit. Many studies have highlighted the potential barriers in utilization of dental health professional to their full potential and capacities in tobacco cessation. Continuous repeated emphasis on incorporation of tobacco cessation training at the undergraduate level and after completion of dental degree is important. Much has been focused in the first three of 5A’s in the previous years. Step are needed to prioritize tobacco cessation activities focusing in last two (assists and arrange) of 5A’s in the coming years to come. The present study tries to understand the role of dental health professional and their contribution in controlling this global tobacco use problem. Understanding the multifaceted approaches to tobacco cessation by the dental health professionals so as to achieve higher “quit” rates and delivering of comprehensive counseling.

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Role of dental health professional in tobacco cessation: a review

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Bhardwaj

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Dealing with tobacco-related cases needs intervention and counseling of patients by dentists which can reduce morbidity. Dentists are the first and well versed to offer tobacco cessation and counseling and can provide necessary treatment to control the adverse effects of such substance abuse which would further improve overall health too [5]. Lack of awareness, training and application of the techniques is a huge drawback which will be elaborated in detail in this study [5].…”

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Practices, Attitude & Perceived Barriers of Dental Students in Substance Use Screening & Interventions in Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study

Goyal¹,

Gupta²,

Menon³

et al. 2020

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Context: Tobacco, the leading preventable cause of death including alcohol and illicit drug abuse, cause morbidity and mortality. Dentists deal with such patients & can/ should intervene, preventing any deleterious habits with apt knowledge and training. Aims: The study assesses the knowledge, attitude and practices amongst dental students to manage patients with tobacco, alcohol and substance abuse in a clinical set up. Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire (self-administered 22 items) survey was conducted among 300 dental students (Undergraduates, Interns, Postgraduates) in a dental college, North India to assess their knowledge, attitude and practices regarding substance abuse- tobacco, alcohol and other illicit drugs. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 and subjected to Chi-square test to determine the significant difference between the dental study groups (p≤ 0.05) Results: There were 37.1% males and 62.9% of females. Final years (33.8%), interns (29.8%) and Post graduates (36.5%) completed the questionnaire. 85.5% Postgraduates, 74.3% final years and 71.9% interns knew where to refer the patients of substance abuse which was statistically significant (p≤ 0.05).A majority (91.1%) of interns prescribe or provide tobacco cessation, followed by 87.1% final years and 78.2% post graduates that were significant values. Conclusions: Although there’s huge awareness on the management of patients with substance abuse habits, only a few practice it on patients correctly. Lack of training and its application due to many barriers have been discussed in detail pointing out the disparity in the number of patients with habit history being screened and to those being managed.

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“…Most studies regarding tobacco counseling and oral health professionals have concentrated on barriers to Tobacco Cessation counseling [13,14]. However, the evidence of potential determinants that could be used to design effective strategies to enhance tobacco counseling among dental students is scarce.…”

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Identifying the Potential Determinants of Tobacco Counseling Implementation among Oral Health Professionals of India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Agrawal

Mariam

Gupta

et al. 2023

Pesqui. Bras. Odontopediatria Clín. Integr.

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Objective: To identify the potential determinants of tobacco counseling implementation among oral health professionals in India. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among the 298 dentists of Aligarh and Gwalior. The questionnaire used in the study had sections on dentists' sociodemographic data and a 35-item questionnaire to assess the potential determinants of tobacco cessation counseling. Descriptive statistics were carried out, and a Chi-square test was utilized to determine the association. P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Domains "knowledge", "Professional Responsibility and Identity", and "Remembrance, awareness, and judgment" showed a statistically significant correlation with most tobacco cessation counseling behaviors. In addition, undergraduate education received in Tobacco Cessation counseling, and Continuing education received in Tobacco Cessation counseling had significantly impacted the practice of tobacco cessation counseling (p=0.02 and 0.04, respectively). Conclusion: This study suggests that "Knowledge", "Professional Responsibility and Identity" and "Remembrance, awareness, and judgment" are the potential determinants that could be used to design effective strategies to enhance tobacco counseling among dentists in India.

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Attitudes, practices, and barriers in tobacco cessation counselling among dentists of Ahmedabad city, India

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Role of dental health professional in tobacco cessation: a review

Role of dental health professional in tobacco cessation: a review

Practices, Attitude & Perceived Barriers of Dental Students in Substance Use Screening & Interventions in Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study

Identifying the Potential Determinants of Tobacco Counseling Implementation among Oral Health Professionals of India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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