Knowledge, attitude and practice of ethnomedicine in common oral and dental diseases in patients attending IIUM dental polyclinic

Sukmasari, Susi and Kamarudin, Anati Amirah and Ihsan TY, Tengku Nur Fatihah and Ab Halim, Noorhazayti (2019) Knowledge, attitude and practice of ethnomedicine in common oral and dental diseases in patients attending IIUM dental polyclinic. In: "2017 Conference on Biomedical and Advanced Materials, Bio-CAM 2017; Bayview HotelLangkawi", 28 - 29 Nov 2017, Langkawi Island, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Information from the user of ethnomedicine is required as the baseline data for further research and to conserve local medicine. To identify the association between knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of ethnomedicine in common oral and dental diseases. A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was conducted on patients attending IIUM dental clinic within three months. A total of 87 participants aged 18 and above were conveniently selected to answer quantitative questionnaires. The relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice scores was analysed using Spearman correlation coefficient. The participants were Malay, Chinese, Indian and Others with frequency of 49 (56.3%), 28 (32.2%), 4 (4.6%) and 6 (6.9%), respectively. They were 41.4% male and 58.6% female. 97.7% were educated. The participants were knowledgeable in common oral diseases (96.6%). Knowledge of ethnomedicine was correlated with attitude (rho=0.283, p=0.008) and practice (rho=0.251, p= 0.019), while attitude was correlated with practice (rho=0.436, p=0.000). There was a clear pattern of using ethnomedicine to treat oral and dental diseases with significant correlation between KAP. Therefore, further studies on the efficiency and efficacy of the findings described in this study is highly advisable. Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Ethnomedicine; Common Oral and Dental Diseases

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	6171/79653
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Ethnomedicine; Common Oral and Dental Diseases
Subjects:	R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Dentistry
Depositing User:	Dr. Susi Sukmasari
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2020 09:50
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2020 08:54
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/79653

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