Department of Health Service Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya;
Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya.
Libyan J Med. 2014 Apr 23;9(1):24340. doi: 10.3402/ljm.v9.24340. eCollection 2014.
To explore the barriers to providing preventive dental care to patients, as perceived by Libyan dentists working in Benghazi.
A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was conducted among dentists working in Benghazi, Libya.
All dentists registered with the Dental Association of Benghazi and with 2 or more years of practice were invited to participate. The questionnaire collected information on participants' demographic and professional characteristics as well as the patient-, practice- and dentist-related barriers to providing preventive dental care.
Scores for each type of barrier were compared by demographic and professional characteristics in bivariate and multivariate analyses.
One hundred and seventy five dentists returned the questionnaires (response rate: 79%) and 166 had complete information on all the variables selected for analysis (75%). The majority were females (70%), aged between 23 and 34 years (85%), was working in the public health sector (43%), and had up to 5 years of service (46%). Patient-related barriers were scored the highest, followed by practice- and dentist-related barriers. Dentists with mixed practice reported lower scores on patient- and practice-related barriers than those in public or private practice.
Respondents were generally aware of the barriers to preventive dentistry and perceived the barriers as being more related to their patients than to their practices or themselves. However, these perceptions varied by practice sector.
探讨班加西执业牙医认为为患者提供预防牙科护理的障碍。
在利比亚班加西进行了一项横断面、基于问卷的调查，调查对象为班加西执业牙医。
邀请了所有在班加西牙医协会注册且从业 2 年以上的牙医参与。问卷收集了参与者的人口统计学和专业特征，以及提供预防牙科护理的患者、实践和牙医相关障碍的信息。
在单变量和多变量分析中，根据人口统计学和专业特征比较每种类型障碍的得分。
175 名牙医返回了问卷（应答率：79%），166 名牙医对所有选定变量的完整信息进行了分析（75%）。大多数为女性（70%），年龄在 23 至 34 岁之间（85%），在公共卫生部门工作（43%），服务年限为 1 至 5 年（46%）。患者相关障碍的得分最高，其次是实践和牙医相关障碍。混合实践的牙医报告的患者和实践相关障碍得分低于公共或私人实践的牙医。
受访者普遍意识到预防牙科的障碍，并认为这些障碍更多地与患者有关，而不是与他们的实践或自身有关。然而，这些看法因实践部门而异。
