Oral & Dental Health Knowledge and attitude among Nursing Students at University Of Jordan – leena smadi.xlsx

The questionnaire was administered at the same time to all of the participants in the respective class rooms. Authors were available in those class rooms to clarify on any question arising in regard to the questionnaire. The questionnaire of the study was developed based on previous validated surveys (13-16) with minor modifications. The questionnaire was assessed for content validity by experts in dental public health for relevancy and clearness. The questionnaire was divided into Demographic information related questions (2 questions), Curriculum related questions (4 questions), which included questions on whether the curriculum includes oral health defined as everything that concerns the mouth area; the teeth, the gums, the tongue, the cheeks etc. In addition to oral hygiene, oral diseases and eating habits, Personal attitudes concerning oral health care (4 questions), and Oral health knowledge related questions (14 questions), Paediatric dentistry related questions (21 questions), Dentistry related systemic questions (11 questions), Attitudes and willingness (4 questions). Personal attitudes concerning oral health care and willingness were measured on the 5-point Likert scale (17) with response alternatives ranging from "strongly agree" to ''strongly disagree,” including “don’t know.” Knowledge questions were multiple choice questions. To obtain the genuine responses, the anonymity of the respondents was ensured. Data analysis We dichotomized answers to the knowledge and attitude questions with a score of one for correct/willing/positive answers, and 0 for false/unwilling/negative and don’t know answers.