Practice of preventive dentistry for nursing staff in primary care.
OBJECTIVE
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.
Coordinación Auxiliar de Investigación en Salud. Jefatura de Prestaciones Médicas. IMSS. Cancún Quintana Roo . México.
María Valeria
MV
Jiménez-Báez
Estomatólogía. Cancún Quintana Roo. México.
Raquel
R
Acuña-Reyes
Estomatología UMF no. 14. IMSS. Cancún Quintana Roo. México.
Didier
D
Cigarroa-Martínez
Coordinación de Planeación y Enlace Institucional. Jefatura de Prestaciones Médicas. IMSS. Veracruz Sur. México.
Enrique
E
Ureña-Bogarín
Jefe de Prestaciones Médicas. IMSS. Cancún Quintana Roo. México.
Jose David
JD
Orgaz-Fernández
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000379:methods; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Preventive dentistry; level of knowledge; nurses