The role of Pakistani dentists in tobacco cessation

Mumtaz, Rubina; Khan, Ayyaz Ali; Moeen, Faisal; Noor, N.M.M.; Humayun, Sadaf

doi:10.1111/j.1875-595x.2008.tb00357.x

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“…Studies have highlighted the need for contribution of different healthcare professionals in resisting tobacco use [9]. A little number of smokers (4.93%) was found in our study, which is in consistent with other reported smoking prevalence among healthcare professionals [10] and inferior in comparison to the prevalence of smoking (20.3%) among dental professionals [11]. Smoking prevalence amongst health professionals is itself often a barrier for their participation in tobacco control.…”

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“…These findings are in accordance of several studies [20,21], that includes unavailability of good communication between dental office and smoking cessation programs. Another study reported that patient's gender acts as a barrier to execute smoking cessation activities [11]. The gender issue is in association with the religious influences prevailing in Pakistani society.…”

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Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Farrukh¹,

Shakeel²

2016

J Pharma Care Health Sys

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The prevention and control of tobacco use is becoming of global significance. Health care workers need to implement tobacco cessation as part of their daily practice. The aim of this study was to identify dentists' current practice regarding smoking cessation and prevention as well as to identify the barriers that hinder them to deliver smoking cessation advice.A survey based study was conducted in October 2015 to determine the practices, willingness, and perceived barriers of dentists in relation to smoking cessation in dental care setting. A pretested, close-ended, selfadministered, questionnaire was distributed among the dental health practitioners working in public sector and private dental clinics. The collected data was analyzed for frequency distributions and χ 2 . Most of the participants (78.61%) agreed that dentist has an important role in smoking cessation, 11% differ and 10.2% were not well versed with their role. Majority (76.54%) explained smokers the impact of smoking on their general and dental health. Around 72% advised and (50.61%) assisted patients who smoke and are willing to give up. Overall, the dentists had a positive approach in tobacco cessation counseling for the patients; though lack of resources and time, inappropriate clinical knowledge and skills needed for the prevention and cessation of tobacco use were the major recognized barriers.

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Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Farrukh¹,

Shakeel²

2016

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“…We had only 13.4% smokers compared with 20.3% reported by Mumtaz in 2008. 8 However, we had a significant number of participants that refused to answer the question. So it is difficult for us to estimate the prevalence of dentists who smoke.…”

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“…This study also determined that most dentists feel that tobacco cessation counseling falls outside their domain of responsibility. 8 These results are backed by a study that asked patients if their dentist had ever talked to them about tobacco cessation, only 35% responded yes. 9 However, results from another study performed later in 2016 had relatively encouraging results, where 80% of the dentists recognized their role in tobacco cessation counseling and over 70% would offer help to patients that were willing quit.…”

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Dentists Knowledge and Attitude Towards Tobacco Cessation Counseling

Kiyani¹,

Ahmad²,

Ahmad³

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J Pak Dent Assoc

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Dentists play a critical role in identifying tobacco use in the oral cavity and counseling patients against the hazards associated with this habit. The objective of this study was to determine the current practices of dentists in Islamabad/Rawalpindi towards tobacco counseling, and their reasons, if any, for avoiding such counseling. METHODOLOGY: One hundred and five self-administered questionnaires were distributed in private dental clinics of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The questions were designed to analyze tobacco history of dentists, their practices in acquiring appropriate histories, their skill in counseling, and reasons for deferring tobacco counseling. The information was recorded on SPSS version 20 and presented as frequencies and percentages. Results: Out of the 105 questionnaires, only 97 were returned. About 81% (n=79) dentists asked male patients about tobacco use, only 48% (n=47) routinely asked female patients. Approximately 67% (n=65) dentists counsel their patients consistently, while 96% (n=93) counseled only after an oral pathology was discovered. Common reasons for avoiding counseling included belief that the smoking habit was the patient's business, 35.3% (n=23), fear of offending the patient 21.5% (n=14), fear of negative impact on practice 1.5% (n=1) and the dentists own smoking habit 4.6% (n=3). Majority of the dentists were aware of nicotine replacement therapies but still believed that their background training was insufficient for counseling. CONCLUSION: The majority of Pakistani dentists have adequate knowledge and positive attitudes towards tobacco cessation counseling. Fear of intervening in patient's personal matter appears to be most common reason for not counseling.

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“…Tobacco Use Insights n n Among the fifty six included studies, the majority (twenty-one) of the studies were conducted in South East Asia Region countries, followed by 9 studies in Eastern Mediterranean Region. A total of twenty six studies were conducted among dental students and interns, 3 [41][42][43] among dental hygienists, twenty two 27,[29][30][31][32][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] among dental practitioners, 3 [57][58][59] among pediatric dentists and 2 60,61 among oral surgeons (Table 1).…”

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Global Status of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Tobacco Cessation Interventions Among Dental Professionals: A Systematic Review

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BACKGROUND With the emergence of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, globally the use of tobacco has decreased notably, although, it still requires efforts at individual, organizational, community level to decrease the rate further. Dental professionals are at an excellent position to provide tobacco cessation counselling and interventions, however, it is not practiced much due to lack of training and lack of knowledge. Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to assess the global status of knowledge, attitude and practice on tobacco cessation interventions among dental professionals. MATERIALS AND METHOD A systematic search of 6 databases with no language restriction since 2000 was undertaken. Studies were included if they assessed knowledge, attitude and practice on tobacco cessation interventions among dental professionals using a validated or prevalidated tool. The data obtained for assessment of knowledge, attitude, practice, curriculum and barriers were represented through heatmaps. Quality assessment of the studies was done using Newcastle Ottawa scale. RESULTS Fifty six studies were included in this systematic review. Majority of the studies were found to be of moderate quality. Knowledge regarding the tobacco cessation interventions was more theoretical than practical. All the studies showed a favorable attitude among dental professionals towards tobacco cessation intervention. CONCLUSION The included studies lack homogeneity in assessing knowledge, attitude and practice on tobacco cessation interventions. The development and validation of a standardized questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude and practice on tobacco cessation interventions could be a potentially effective way to uniformly gather data on the subject.

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The role of Pakistani dentists in tobacco cessation

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Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan

Dentists Knowledge and Attitude Towards Tobacco Cessation Counseling

Global Status of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Tobacco Cessation Interventions Among Dental Professionals: A Systematic Review

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