Azad Azita, Talattof Zahra, Deilami Zahra, Zahed Maryam, Karimi Amir
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Oral and Dental Disease Research Center, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, School of Dentistry, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Indian J Dent Res. 2018 Sep-Oct;29(5):551-555. doi: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_587_16.
Medical emergencies are likely to occur in dental offices due to the use of anesthetics, anxiety, and systemic complications of the patient. Since such emergencies are life threatening in many cases, preparedness of the dentist is highly required.
This study was carried out to evaluate the dentists' knowledge and attitude regarding diagnosis and treatment of medical emergencies in dental offices in Shiraz, Iran.
This cross-sectional study was performed on 150 general dentists in Shiraz with at least 5 years since graduation in 2015. They were asked to complete a validated questionnaire including the dentists' demographic information and inquiries about their performance and knowledge in emergency situations.
Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used in this study.
According to the inclusion criteria, 105 dentists participated in the study. The mean knowledge and attitude of the dentists was estimated 4.98 (±1.50) out of 10. No significant correlation was detected between age, sex, number of patients per day, and working hours with the knowledge of managing an emergency situation (P > 0.05). Out of the number of studied dentists, 49% had attended training workshops and 90% called for re-attending a workshop. The knowledge score of those who had participated in workshops was significantly higher than those who had not (P = 0.016).
The results of this study revealed that the dentists' knowledge about emergency situations was average while the knowledge was higher in those who had attended emergency workshops. Thus, retraining courses and workshops must be considered more often for graduated dentists.
由于麻醉剂的使用、患者的焦虑以及全身并发症，医疗紧急情况很可能在牙科诊所发生。由于此类紧急情况在许多情况下会危及生命，因此对牙医的应急准备要求很高。
本研究旨在评估伊朗设拉子牙科诊所牙医对医疗紧急情况诊断和治疗的知识及态度。
这项横断面研究于2015年对设拉子150名毕业至少5年的普通牙医进行。他们被要求填写一份经过验证的问卷，包括牙医的人口统计学信息以及关于他们在紧急情况下的表现和知识的询问。
本研究使用独立t检验、单因素方差分析和皮尔逊相关系数。
根据纳入标准，105名牙医参与了研究。牙医知识和态度的平均得分估计为4.98（±1.50）（满分10分）。年龄、性别、每日患者数量和工作时间与管理紧急情况的知识之间未检测到显著相关性（P>0.05）。在所研究的牙医中，49%参加过培训工作坊，90%呼吁再次参加工作坊。参加过工作坊的人的知识得分显著高于未参加过的人（P = 0.016）。
本研究结果显示，牙医对紧急情况的知识水平一般，而参加过紧急情况工作坊的人知识水平更高。因此，应更频繁地为毕业牙医考虑再培训课程和工作坊。
