Knowledge,attitude and anxiety pertaining to basic life support and medical emergencies among dental interns in Mangalore City,India

作     者：Vinej Somaraj Rekha P Shenoy Ganesh Shenoy Panchmal Praveen S Jodalli Laxminarayan Sonde Ravichandra Karkal 

作者机构：Department of Public Health DentistryRajas Dental College&HospitalTirunelveliTamil NaduIndia Department of Public Health DentistryYenepoya Dental CollegeMangaloreKarnatakaIndia Department of PsychiatryYenepoya Medical CollegeMangaloreKarnataka 575018India 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Emergency Medicine》 (世界急诊医学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第8卷第2期

页      面：131-135页

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学科分类：10[医学] 

主　　题：Basic life support Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Dental interns Medical emergencies State-Trait anxiety inventory 

摘      要：BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and anxiety pertaining to basic life support(BLS) and medical emergencies among interns in dental colleges of Mangalore city, Karnataka, ***: The study subjects comprised of interns who volunteered from the four dental colleges. The knowledge and attitude of interns were assessed using a 30-item questionnaire prepared based on the Basic Life Support Manual from American Heart Association and the anxiety of interns pertaining to BLS and medical emergencies were assessed using a State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) Questionnaire. Chi-square test was performed on SPSS 21.0(IBM Statistics, 2012) to determine statistically signifi cant differences(P0.05) between assessed knowledge and ***: Out of 183 interns, 39.89% had below average knowledge. A total of 123(67.21%) reported unavailability of professional training. The majority(180, 98.36%) felt the urgent need of training in basic life support procedures. Assessment of stress showed a total of 27.1% participants to be above highstress level. Comparison of assessed knowledge and stress was found to be insignifi cant(P=0.983).CONCLUSION: There was an evident lack of knowledge pertaining to the management of medical emergencies among the interns. As oral health care providers moving out to the society, a focus should be placed on the training of dental interns with respect to Basic Life Support procedures.