ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS & KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TOBACCO INDUCED ILL EFFECTS IN CLASS 3 and 4 WORKERS AT A LOCAL DENTAL HOSPITAL IN AHMEDABAD: A KAP STUDY

Abstract

BACKGROUND: With less knowledge & concern about the oral health & periodontium the workers tend to feel stress free with their addictive habits.

MATERIAL METHOD: The study was undertaken to know the knowledge, attitude & practice over the awareness of tobacco consumption & its adverse effect on Oral Cavity. Total 80 workers were selected for survey who were working in hospital environment. A survey was done with a self-administered structured questionnaire which had questions on to knowledge & Attitude of workers for tobacco & its effect on periodontium.

RESULTS: All subjects completed the questionnaire in whole. The results showed that the majority of the sample included smokeless tobacco using subjects out of which most of them were ready to quit but were unaware of ill effects, this variation in the result can be attributed to the low educational level of our study population.

CONCLUSION: The present study indicated that the subjects were not well aware of the knowledge about the tobacco and its ill effects and were in favor of quitting habit which needed to be improved.