Knowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers ...

Original Article

Indian Journal of Dental Education 113 Volume 8 Number 3, July ­ September 2015

Knowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers Regarding Emergency Management of Dental Trauma, in Khartoum State

Malaz N. Siddig*, Amal H. Abuaffan** Abstract Objective: To assess knowledge of primary school teachers regarding emergency management of dental trauma, in Khartoum State. Materials and Methods: Across sectional study conducted on a sample size of 384 primary school teachers. A questionnaire designed by Cecilia Young, KY Wong & LK Cheung ­with slight modifications. The questionnaire included questions about; whether the respondents had received formal first­aid training or acquired dental trauma information and whether they thought that they could distinguish deciduous teeth from permanent teeth and questions about management of dental traumatic injuries. Results: Out of the 384 teachers, 200 of them were females and the rest were males. Gender was of no significance (p>0.05). The teaching years experience had no significance in male teachers’ knowledge of trauma management (p>0.05). Whereas significance was found in female teachers’ (p0.5) table 1.

Table 1: Experience of received first aid training among the teachers Gender

Males

Females

Teaching

115

Received first aid training Yes (%)

No (%)

Total

1­10

15 (18.5)

26 (14.13)

41 (22.23)

11­20

26 (14.13)

45 (24.6)

71 (38.6)

21­30

17 (9.24)

28 (15.22)

45 (24.5)

31­40

11 (6)

16 (8.7)

27 (14.7)

Total

69 (37.5)

115 (62.5)

184 (100)

1­10

36 (18)

54 (27)

90 (45)

11­20

20 (10)

31 (15.5)

51 (25.5)

21­30

9 (4.5)

26 (13)

35 (17.5)

31­40

12 (6)

12 (6)

24 (12)

Total

77 (38.5)

123 61.5)

200 (100)

Correlation between genders P=0.840 Indian Journal of Dental Education / Volume 8 Number 3 / July ­ September 2015

P-value

0.984

0.278

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Malaz N. Siddig et. al. / Knowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers Regarding Emergency Management of Dental Trauma, in Khartoum State Table 2: Experience of received dental management among the teachers Gender

Males

Females

Teaching years

Received dental management Yes (%) No (%)

Total (%)

1 ­ 10

12 (6.52)

29 (15.7)

41 (22.23)

11 ­ 20

18 (10)

53 (28.8)

71 (38.6)

21 ­ 30

15 (18.5)

30 (16.3)

45 (24.5)

31 ­ 40

8 (4.4)

18 (9.8)

27 (14.7) 184 (100)

Total

54 (29.34)

130 (70.6)

1 ­ 10

35 (17.5)

55 (27.5)

90 (45)

11 ­ 20

19 (9.5)

32 (16)

51 (25.5)

21 ­ 30

9 (4.5)

26 (13)

35 (17.5)

31 ­ 40

12 (6)

Total

71 (35.5)

12 (6) 129 (64.5)

P - value

0.777

0.566

24 (12) 200 (100)

Correlation between genders p=0.199

Table 1 & 2 showed no statistical significant between gender in relation to teaching experience years in both first aid and dental trauma emergency management trainings.

As shown in table 3, the vast majority of both males & females are not confident in distinguishing between types of teeth (deciduous, permanent). However, significance was found between teaching years and confidence in females; p0.05) whereas, significance was found in female teachers’ (p