Open AccessPractice of preventive dentistry for nursing staff in primary care
Author(s) -
María Valeria Jiménez-Báez,
Raquel Acuña-Reyes,
Didier Cigarroa-Martínez,
Enrique L. Ureña-Bogarín,
Jose David Orgaz-Fernández
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
colombia medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1657-9534
pISSN - 0120-8322
DOI - 10.25100/cm.v45i3.1471
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , medicine , seniority , preventive care , family medicine , internal consistency , population , nursing , dentistry , health care , patient satisfaction , environmental health , psychometrics , clinical psychology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Objectives: Determine the domain of preventive dentistry in nursing personnel assigned to a primary care unit.Methods: Prospective descriptive study, questionnaire validation, and prevalence study. In the first stage, the questionnaire for the practice of preventive dentistry (CPEP, for the term in Spanish) was validated; consistency and reliability were measured by Cronbach's alpha, Pearson's correlation, factor analysis with intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). In the second stage, the domain in preventive dental nurses was explored.Results: The overall internal consistency of CPEP is α= 0.66, ICC= 0.64, CI95%: 0.29-0.87 (p >0.01). Twenty-one subjects in the study, average age 43, 81.0% female, average seniority of 12.5 were included. A total of 71.5% showed weak domain, 28.5% regular domain, and there was no questionnaire with good domain result. The older the subjects were, the smaller the domain; female nurses showed greater mastery of preventive dentistry (29%, CI95%: 0.1-15.1) than male nurses. Public health nurses showed greater mastery with respect to other categories (50%, CI95%: 0.56-2.8).Conclusions: The CDEP has enough consistency to explore the domain of preventive dentistry in health-care staff. The domain of preventive dentistry in primary care nursing is poor, required to strengthen to provide education in preventive dentistry to the insured population.