Knowledge and Attitudes About Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

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dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Gülhan
dc.contributor.authorGas, Selin
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-09T18:06:24Z
dc.date.available2025-03-09T18:06:24Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentBeykent Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: Dental sleep medicine is an increasingly recognized medical specialty, but obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) frequently progresses undetected. Dentists are often the first health-care professionals to assess signs and symptoms of OSA and therefore have a key role in OSA diagnosis. The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes about OSA among dental students. Methods: The OSA knowledge and attitude questionnaire was completed by dental students between April 2023 and June 2023. The questionnaire includes 18 knowledge and 5 attitude items on OSA. Chi-square tests and Student’s t-tests were used to compare the differences between individual items and mean scores of the participants. Differences were considered significant at P < .05. Results: A total of 351 dental students participated in the study. The total knowledge scores of the students were poor with a mean knowledge score for all students of 51% (9.18 ± 2.89). While 67.6% of participants considered OSA to be of clinical importance, only 18.2% were confident in their ability to manage OSA. Conclusion: There are some deficiencies in the OSA education provided to dental students. Additional courses on dental sleep medicine are needed, and relevant updates should be made to the dentistry curriculum. Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, dental education, dental student, obstructive sleep apnea
dc.identifier.doi10.17567/currresdentsci.1617436
dc.identifier.endpage64
dc.identifier.issn2822-2555
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage60
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17567/currresdentsci.1617436
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/5039
dc.identifier.volume35
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAtaturk University
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Research in Dental Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20250309
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectattitude
dc.subjectdental education
dc.subjectdental student
dc.titleKnowledge and Attitudes About Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
dc.typeArticle

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