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Atitudes, comportamentos e condições de saúde oral de estudantes universitários ao longo da sua vivência académica
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Com o presente trabalho pretendeu-se investigar a existência de diferenças nas atitudes e comportamentos entre os estudantes de diferentes cursos superiores relativamente à sua saúde oral, entre o 1º e o 3º ano da sua estadia na Faculdade, e compreender a relação entre as atitudes e comportamentos relativos à saúde oral e o estado real da mesma. Considerando os objectivos da investigação foram realizados três estudos. No primeiro estudo adaptou-se e validou-se a versão portuguesa do inventário Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory (HUDBI), a utilizar como um dos instrumentos de investigação no segundo estudo, ou estudo principal. No segundo estudo, identificou-se e analisou-se a evolução de atitudes, comportamentos e condições de saúde oral de estudantes universitários ao longo da sua vivência académica. A investigação desenvolvida consistiu num estudo longitudinal onde se confrontaram as diferenças e a evolução da saúde, dos comportamentos e das atitudes em saúde oral de estudantes universitários. Participaram 131 estudantes (voluntários) que se inscreveram pela primeira vez no ensino superior no ano lectivo 2008/2009. Os estudantes dos cursos de Medicina Dentária e Higiene Oral, cujos planos de estudo fornecem conhecimentos específicos e profundos da área que se pretende estudar, constituíram os grupos de teste. Os grupos de controlo foram constituídos pelos estudantes das licenciaturas em Prótese Dentária, Ciências Farmacêuticas e Psicologia. No terceiro estudo, procedeu-se à identificação das percepções dos estudantes, que se diplomam na FMDUL, sobre os factores responsáveis por alterações nas suas atitudes, comportamentos e saúde oral, através de entrevistas de grupo-focal. Em termos gerais, com o Estudo I proporciona-se à comunidade científica a possibilidade de utilização de um inventário internacional de comportamentos e atitudes em saúde oral (HUDBI), validado na população portuguesa. Os resultados provenientes do Estudo II sugerem o desenvolvimento de reflexões sobre a necessidade de se enfatizar o ensino de auto-cuidado em saúde oral aos estudantes da FMDUL. Atendendo a que apesar dos estudantes de medicina dentária e de higiene oral terem melhorado os comportamentos e atitudes e condições em saúde oral, estes ainda poderem ser aperfeiçoados. A necessidade de ser dada mais ênfase à regulação da auto-eficácia nos comportamentos de higiene oral dos estudantes é notória no Estudo III.
This investigation goal was to understand how academic environment and curricula of different courses involve and influence the evolution of oral health, health attitudes and behaviours of students during their academic life. The purposes of the study were to investigate the relationship between oral health attitudes and behaviours with periodontal and dental caries status and to determine and compare differences in the evolution of the referred variables between students from different courses at the beginning and after three years of their frequency on the university. Considering the purposes of the research were carried out three studies. In the first study it was adapted and validated a Portuguese version of the inventory Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory (HUDBI), to be used as an instrument in the second research study or the main study. In the second study, were identified and analyzed the evolution of attitudes, behaviors, and oral health status of university students throughout their academic experience. The research carried out consisted of a longitudinal study where there were faced the differences and the evolution of health, behavior and attitudes of oral health inter and intra university students. The participants were 131 students (volunteers) who enrolled for the first time in higher education in the academic year 2008/2009. Students of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, whose study plans provide deep expertise and the area to be studied, were used as test groups. Control groups were formed by students of the degree in Dental Laboratory Tecnhology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Psychology. In the third study, were proceeded to identify the perceptions of students, who graduates in FMDUL on the factors responsible for changes in attitudes, behaviors, and oral health through focus-group interviews. Overall, the Study I provided to the scientific community the possibility of using an international inventory of behaviors and attitudes on oral health (HUDBI), validated for Portuguese population. The results from Study II suggest the development of reflections on the need to emphasize the teaching of self-care in the oral health students from FMDUL. Given that, despite the dental students and dental hygiene have improved behaviors and attitudes and oral health conditions, they still can be improved. The need to be given more emphasis to the regulation of self-efficacy in oral hygiene behaviors of students is evident in Study III.
This investigation goal was to understand how academic environment and curricula of different courses involve and influence the evolution of oral health, health attitudes and behaviours of students during their academic life. The purposes of the study were to investigate the relationship between oral health attitudes and behaviours with periodontal and dental caries status and to determine and compare differences in the evolution of the referred variables between students from different courses at the beginning and after three years of their frequency on the university. Considering the purposes of the research were carried out three studies. In the first study it was adapted and validated a Portuguese version of the inventory Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory (HUDBI), to be used as an instrument in the second research study or the main study. In the second study, were identified and analyzed the evolution of attitudes, behaviors, and oral health status of university students throughout their academic experience. The research carried out consisted of a longitudinal study where there were faced the differences and the evolution of health, behavior and attitudes of oral health inter and intra university students. The participants were 131 students (volunteers) who enrolled for the first time in higher education in the academic year 2008/2009. Students of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, whose study plans provide deep expertise and the area to be studied, were used as test groups. Control groups were formed by students of the degree in Dental Laboratory Tecnhology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Psychology. In the third study, were proceeded to identify the perceptions of students, who graduates in FMDUL on the factors responsible for changes in attitudes, behaviors, and oral health through focus-group interviews. Overall, the Study I provided to the scientific community the possibility of using an international inventory of behaviors and attitudes on oral health (HUDBI), validated for Portuguese population. The results from Study II suggest the development of reflections on the need to emphasize the teaching of self-care in the oral health students from FMDUL. Given that, despite the dental students and dental hygiene have improved behaviors and attitudes and oral health conditions, they still can be improved. The need to be given more emphasis to the regulation of self-efficacy in oral hygiene behaviors of students is evident in Study III.
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Tese de doutoramento, Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde (Higiene Oral), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, 2013
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Estudantes universitários Comportamento e saúde Saúde oral Higiene oral Teses de doutoramento - 2013