Assessment of Awareness Regarding Prevention of Infective Endocarditis among Graduating Medical & Dental Students at Qassim University, KSA

Ahmed Ali Al Fawzan

Assessment of Awareness Regarding Prevention of Infective Endocarditis among Graduating Medical & Dental Students at Qassim University, KSA

Ahmed Ali Al Fawzan * §

Contact

Qassim university, KSA.

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

MR56732

Key Research Insights

Synthesized scholarly intelligence & interactive research assistant

This converted HTML version may contain rendering inconsistencies. Please refer to the PDF for the authoritative version, or click here to provide feedback.

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the endothelial surface of the heart and heart valves with serious, even fatal complications and that often requires long-term treatment. Many dental procedures may lead to IE in high-risk patients. The aim of the present study was to assess the awareness and knowledge of graduating medical and dental students at Qassim University, KSA regarding prevention of infective endocarditis. A questionnaire was administered to the last year medical and dental students. An acceptable level of success in the test was defined as at least 7 correct answers out of 13 (53%). Out of 118 students participating in this study, 65 (47.4%) passed the test successfully. Although the pass-rate of medical students (45/93 or 48.4%) was comparatively higher than that of dental students (11/25 or 44%) the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant. This study showed that the knowledge concerning prevention of IE among the dental and medical students was moderate and highlighted the necessity of more education in this field.

References

16 Cites in Article

Reference Format

1. H Christopher,Elias Cabell,Adolf Abrutyn,Karchmer (2003). Bacterial Endocarditis: The Disease, Treatment, and Prevention. Circulation, 107, 185-e187.
2. L Tierney,S Mcphee,M Papadakis (2002). Current medical diagnosis and treatment. Current medical diagnosis and treatment, 1410.
3. J Van Der Meer,J Thompson,H Valkenburg,M Michel (1992). Epidemiology of bacterial endocarditis in The Netherlands, II: antecedent procedures and use of prophylaxis. Arch Intern Med, 152, 1869-1873.
4. Walter Wilson,Kathryn Taubert,Michael Gewitz (2007). Prevention of Infective Endocarditis. Circulation, 116, 1736-1754.
5. T Jones,L Baumgartner,M Bellows,B Breese,A Kuttner (1955). Prevention of Rheumatic Fever and Bacterial Endocarditis Through Control of Streptococcal Infections. Circulation, 21(1), 151-155.
6. M Solomon,Y Raveh,A Yinnon (2000). Assessment of knowledge of guidelines for the prevention of infective endocarditis amongst clinicians in a teaching hoepital. J Hospital Infec, 45, 311-317.
7. Tomas Carmona,I,Diz Dios,P,Limeres Posse,J,Outumuro Rial,M,Caamano Duran,F,Fernandez Feijoo,J,Vazquez Garcia,E (2004). Pautas de profilaxis antibiotica de endocaditis bacteriana, recommdadas por los odontologos en spana. Med Oral, 9, 56-62.
8. Brooks Sl (1980). Survey of compliance with American Heart Association guidelines for prevention of bacterial endocarditis. J Am Dent Assoc, 101, 41-43.
9. N Scheinfeld,S Struach,B Ross (2002). Antibiotic prophylaxis guideline awareness and antibiotic prophylaxis use among New York State dermatologic surgeons. Dermatol Surg, 28, 841-844.
10. M Zarei,N Navabie,G Chamani (2008). Assessment of Awareness of Recommendations for Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis Among A Group of 136 Iranian Dental And Medical Students. Acta Medica Iranica, 46(1)
11. K Nakano,T Ooshima (2011). Common knowledge regarding prevention of infective endocarditis among general dentists in Japan. J Cardiol, 57, 123-130.
12. R Oliver,G Roberts,L Hooper,H Worthington (2008). Antibiotics for the prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis in dentistry. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 3813.
13. A Eskandari,A Mahmoudpour,N Abolfazli,A Lafzi (2008). Detection of Helicobacter Pylori using PCR in dental plaque of patients with and without gastritis. Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 2, e28-e31.
14. Charles Nelson,Carol Van Blaricum (1989). Physician and dentist compliance with American Heart Association Guidelines for prevention of bacterial endocarditis. The Journal of the American Dental Association, 118(2), 169-173.
15. A Bennis,S Soulami,R Khadir,N Chraibi (1996). Survey on the practice of anti biotic prophilaxis of infective endocaditis by dentists. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss, 89, 713-718.
16. Durack Dt (1998). Antibiotics for prevention of endocarditis during dentistry:time to scale back?. Ann Intern Med, 129, 829-831.

Download References

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

Ahmed Ali Al Fawzan. 2014. "Assessment of Awareness Regarding Prevention of Infective Endocarditis among Graduating Medical & Dental Students at Qassim University, KSA". Global Journal of Medical Research - J: Dentistry & Otolaryngology GJMR-J Volume 14 (GJMR Volume 14 Issue J2).

More Citation Formats

Select Citation Style:

Download Citation

GJMR Volume 14 Issue J2

Explore Journals Explore Volume Read This Issue

Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/gjmr

Print ISSN 0975-5888

e-ISSN 2249-4618

Keywords

dental students infective endocarditis Knowledge medical students

Classification

GJMR-J Classification NLMC Code: WU 18.5

Submission ReceivedDecember 7, 2013
Peer Review Double Blind
Handling Editor
Accepted December 31, 2013
Published January 15, 2014

Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

June 3, 2014

Language

English

Order Article Reprint

Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

View in VR

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

View in 3D

Article Matrices

Total Score: 168

Country: Saudi Arabia

Subject: Global Journal of Medical Research

Authors: Ahmed Ali Al Fawzan, Abdullah A. Al Saeed, Dr. Alaa E. Abd Elmoniem (PhD/Dr. count: 1)

View Count (all-time): 266

Total Views (Real + Logic): 1237

Total Downloads (simulated): 77

Publish Date: 2014 01, Wed

Monthly Totals (Real + Logic):

Month 1: 34 views
Month 2: 45 views
Month 3: 31 views
Month 4: 59 views
Month 5: 38 views
Month 6: 40 views
Month 7: 45 views
Month 8: 47 views
Month 9: 45 views
Month 10: 29 views
Month 11: 55 views
Month 12: 26 views
Month 13: 22 views
Month 14: 37 views
Month 15: 43 views
Month 16: 38 views
Month 17: 14 views
Month 18: 33 views
Month 19: 35 views
Month 20: 19 views
Month 21: 33 views
Month 22: 44 views
Month 23: 35 views
Month 24: 25 views
Month 25: 37 views
Month 26: 20 views
Month 27: 43 views
Month 28: 32 views
Month 29: 27 views
Month 30: 41 views
Month 31: 33 views
Month 32: 23 views
Month 33: 22 views
Month 34: 34 views
Month 35: 24 views
Month 36: 31 views
Month 37: 30 views
Month 38: 33 views
Month 39: 34 views
Month 40: 35 views
Month 41: 14 views
Month 42: 35 views
Month 43: 24 views
Month 44: 22 views
Month 45: 41 views
Month 46: 25 views
Month 47: 38 views
Month 48: 30 views
Month 49: 36 views
Month 50: 47 views
Month 51: 33 views
Month 52: 31 views
Month 53: 43 views
Month 54: 27 views
Month 55: 14 views
Month 56: 32 views
Month 57: 21 views
Month 58: 33 views
Month 59: 21 views
Month 60: 42 views
Month 61: 41 views
Month 62: 25 views
Month 63: 36 views
Month 64: 22 views
Month 65: 19 views
Month 66: 19 views
Month 67: 21 views
Month 68: 24 views
Month 69: 29 views
Month 70: 15 views
Month 71: 46 views
Month 72: 14 views
Month 73: 30 views
Month 74: 18 views
Month 75: 20 views
Month 76: 11 views
Month 77: 44 views
Month 78: 30 views
Month 79: 12 views
Month 80: 26 views
Month 81: 23 views
Month 82: 38 views
Month 83: 38 views
Month 84: 26 views
Month 85: 25 views
Month 86: 40 views
Month 87: 28 views
Month 88: 15 views
Month 89: 25 views
Month 90: 26 views
Month 91: 29 views
Month 92: 36 views
Month 93: 17 views
Month 94: 24 views
Month 95: 40 views
Month 96: 20 views
Month 97: 33 views
Month 98: 18 views
Month 99: 44 views
Month 100: 33 views
Month 101: 40 views
Month 102: 19 views
Month 103: 42 views
Month 104: 31 views
Month 105: 22 views
Month 106: 21 views
Month 107: 35 views
Month 108: 21 views
Month 109: 33 views
Month 110: 25 views
Month 111: 35 views
Month 112: 39 views
Month 113: 40 views
Month 114: 25 views
Month 115: 27 views
Month 116: 30 views
Month 117: 38 views
Month 118: 43 views
Month 119: 47 views
Month 120: 15 views
Month 121: 23 views
Month 122: 16 views
Month 123: 20 views
Month 124: 34 views
Month 125: 39 views
Month 126: 21 views
Month 127: 26 views
Month 128: 30 views
Month 129: 26 views
Month 130: 35 views
Month 131: 43 views
Month 132: 17 views
Month 133: 22 views
Month 134: 25 views
Month 135: 21 views
Month 136: 36 views
Month 137: 29 views
Month 138: 42 views
Month 139: 31 views
Month 140: 25 views
Month 141: 18 views
Month 142: 54 views
Month 143: 49 views
Month 144: 48 views
Month 145: 55 views
Month 146: 47 views
Month 147: 25 views
Month 148: 18 views
Month 149: 17 views
Month 150: 35 views
Month 151: 50 views
Month 152: 49 views
Month 153: 40 views

Total Views: 1.2K

Total Downloads: 77

All Trends