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| Title: | Determination of Attitudes and Knowledge about Patient Perceptions of Expanded Roles and Responsibilities for Dentists as "Oral Physicians" |
| Authors: | Giddon, Donald |
| Description: | The overall objective of this study was to determine knowledge and attitudes of dentists and patients about dentists’ expanding their roles in preventive primary health care as oral physicians. There are hundreds of genetic and systemic diseases with oral manifestations which are potentially recognizable by dentists (9,12), including developmental delays, eating disorders, diabetes, osteoporosis, substance abuse, child neglect and abuse, domestic abuse, oral cancer, skin cancer, mental health problems, and lung cancer (3), in addition to using their skills as primary backup to physicians during disasters. To determine the most salient concerns of dentists, consumers, patients and other health care professionals, informal and structured interviews were conducted personally and electronically, as well by administration of a limited number of pilot surveys. A major focus of these inquiries was to assess the willingness of dentists to expand their roles and of patients these additional services with compensation. Based on these preliminary observations and various logistic issues, it was decided to first survey patients at two different clinical sites: Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) teaching practice and a representative private practice in Pennsylvania (PA). In addition to demographic information on gender, age, and education, 85 HSDM patients and 200 PA patients responded to a Likert format scale (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree). The average age was 43.8 years across both samples, with a standard deviation of 14.47. Because there were no differences between these patient groups except for older patients in PA, the samples were combined. Statistical analyses by gender, age, and education revealed little difference except that women were more accepting than males of expanded roles as oral/dental physicians. . Similarly, the higher the education, particularly of women, the more supportive of dentists being called oral or the more preferred dental physicians Understandably, the older patients were more concerned about integration of dental with general health . Overall the results were surprisingly favorable (at least 71%) toward expanded responsibilities of dentists who should be called oral or dental physicians. |
| URI: | http://lib.yhn.edu.vn/handle/YHN/205 |
| Other Identifiers: | Cooper, Justin Scott. 2009. Determination of Attitudes and Knowledge about Patient Perceptions of Expanded Roles and Responsibilities for Dentists as "Oral Physicians". Doctoral dissertation, Harvard School of Dental Medicine. https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37374014 |
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