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Thai dental practitioners' knowledge and attitudes regarding patients with HIV

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2013

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220337

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Journal of Dental Education. Vol 77, No.9 (2013), p.1202-1208

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Rungsiyanont S., Lam-Ubol A., Vacharotayangul P., Sappayatosok K. Thai dental practitioners' knowledge and attitudes regarding patients with HIV. Journal of Dental Education. Vol 77, No.9 (2013), p.1202-1208. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6564

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Thai dental practitioners' knowledge and attitudes regarding patients with HIV

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Rungsiyanont S.
 Lam-Ubol A.
 Vacharotayangul P.
 Sappayatosok K.

Abstract

To investigate the knowledge and attitudes of Thai dental practitioners regarding patients with HIV, a cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires was conducted. The questionnaires requested demographic information and included questions evaluating the knowledge and attitude of dental practitioners towards HIV. The results were analyzed using Scheffe method for multiple comparisons at the 95 percent confidence level. Out of 1,200 questionnaires sent, 446 questionnaires were returned (response rate 37.2 percent). The subjects included final (sixth)-year dental students (11.9 percent), general dentists (29.1 percent), specialist dentists (15.5 percent), dental hygienists (30.5 percent), and dental assistants (13 percent). More than 80 percent of the dental practitioners correctly answered the questions testing their basic knowledge of HIV such as routes of transmission and common opportunistic infections. However, knowledge about HIV pathogenesis, complications, and advances in HIV management was lacking. Dental hygienists and dental assistants had statistically significant lower scores in knowledge about HIV than other groups. Sixty-seven percent of dental practitioners said they feel worried when treating patients with HIV, and 20.4 percent said they would deny treatment for patients with HIV if possible. While knowledge about HIV may be adequate among dental practitioners in Thailand, greater effort should be put into emphasizing positive attitudes towards patients with HIV.

Subject(s)

Article
 Attitude to health
 Cross-sectional study
 Dental assistant
 Dental procedure
 Dental students
 Dentist
 Disease transmission
 Ethnology
 HIV/AIDS
 Human
 Human immunodeficiency virus infection
 Nonparametric test
 Patient abandonment
 Psychological aspect
 Questionnaire
 Statistics
 Thailand
 Dental assistants
 Dental hygienists
 Dental students
 Dentists
 HIV/AIDS
 Thailand
 Cross-Sectional Studies
 Dental Auxiliaries
 Dental Care for Chronically Ill
 Dentists
 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
 HIV Infections
 Humans
 Questionnaires
 Refusal to Treat
 Statistics, Nonparametric
 Thailand

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