Bibliographic citations
Aranda, J., (2020). Nivel de conocimiento sobre salud periodontal de estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud de una universidad privada de Lima- Perú [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653940
Aranda, J., Nivel de conocimiento sobre salud periodontal de estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud de una universidad privada de Lima- Perú [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653940
@misc{renati/393114,
title = "Nivel de conocimiento sobre salud periodontal de estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud de una universidad privada de Lima- Perú",
author = "Aranda Rischmoller, Jackeline Eliana",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2020"
}
Objective: Determine knowledge level of periodontal health in students of health science at a private university in Lima – Perú. Materials and Methods: A descriptive observational cross-sectional study was carried out during the period 2020-1 in 200 students from the health area of a private university. The knowledge level about periodontal health was evaluated through a virtual questionnaire (Aiken´s V: 0.95 and Cronbach's Alpha: 0.75), which consists in questions about causes, signs, prevention habits and relation between systemic diseases referred to periodontal disease. The data analysis was proportions for the qualitative variables: level of knowledge, sex, career, and academic cycle, and mean ±SD for the age variable. Results: The level of knowledge was medium in 38%, high in 32.5% and low in 29.5% of the surveyed students. The career with the lowest level of knowledge is Physical Therapy with 61.9%. On the other hand, 96.5% know that periodontal disease is preventable; however, 91.5% is clinically unaware is their main clinical sign. Conclusions: The level of knowledge medium was obtained by most of the health science students surveyed from a private university in Lima – Perú.
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