Evaluación del conocimiento en el uso de AINEs por los estudiantes de pregrado de odontología de la Universidad Santo Tomás De Bucaramanga

Abstract

Introduction: Pain is an unpleasant sensation commonly experienced by patients undergoing dental procedures. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs are the first-choice drugs prescribed to manage pain and inflammation after surgical procedures, frequently performed in dental practice. Students and dentistries are trained to administer or prescribe NSAIDs correctly, however, many flaws in the clinical use of NSAIDs are commonly detected in the day-to-day practice. This thesis is aimed to evaluate the knowledge of the students of the Universidad the prescription and clinical use of the NSAIDs in the management of pain. It is expected that this diagnosis will be useful to improve the use of these drugs by the new generation of dentistries. Materials and metods: A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out. 203 dentistry students, from third to fifth year, in the Universidad Santo Tomás in Bucaramanga were evaluated. The students were classified in three categories based on the number of questions answered correctly; 1-15 correct answers defined an insufficient knowledge, 15-25 correct answers defined an average knowledge and more than 25 correct answers defined a good knowledge about the use of NSAIDs, 14.78% of the students has showed a good level of knowledge, 74.88% of the students showed an average knowledge in the clinical use of AINES and 10.34% has a poor knowledge about the clinical use of NSAIDs. Chi square test also showed that there is a statistical association between the year coursed and the knowledge about NSAIDs. Conclusions: The knowledge about the clinical use was just acceptable and needs to be improved. It is suggested that evaluations about NSAIDs and other groups of drugs, among dentistry students, be used frequently in the future.