1Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2Pediatric dentistry Resident, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Online published on 17 July, 2019.
The greatest concern for children with hemophilia is the risk of bleeding during and after treatment. A significant number of dentists refuse to treat these patients; thus, they refuse to visit dentists until there is a comprehensive and extensive need for dental treatment. This study tended to assess knowledge, attitude and performance of general dentists in relation to children with hemophilia and their related therapies in Ahwaz.
this cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out by a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 4 parts: personal information (5 questions), knowledge (9 questions), attitude (9 questions) and performance (9 questions) in 2018. The questionnaires were submitted to 100 dentists working at clinics of Ahwaz. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS22 software.
In this study, 43 men and 57 women participated. Mean scores of knowledge were 4.36 ± 1.18 female dentists and 4.00 ± 1.04 for male dentists. The mean scores of attitude were 18.31 ± 3.99 in women and 15.93 ± 2.97 in men. Mean scores of performance were 10.3 ± 0.99 for male dentists and 3.16 ± 0.95 for female dentists, which were not statistically significant.
This study showed that knowledge and attitude and performance of dentists is not optimal in relation to children with hemophilia. Therefore, it is necessary to provide educational programs and give the necessary knowledge to the dentists.
Knowledge, attitude, performance, hemophilia, dental procedures
