Abolfotouh Mostafa A, Alfehaid Hind A, Almadi Dalal S, Aldali Hadeel W, Alshareef Asma A, Adlan Abdullah A
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dental Intern, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2020 Jan 21;10(2):220-225. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_416_19. eCollection 2020 Mar-Apr.
Violence is a life-threatening issue that mainly affects head and neck areas. Dentist might be the first person to notice this type of injury. This study aimed to investigate dentists' willingness to report suspected violence exposure of their patients and factors associated with their willingness.
In a cross-sectional study of 363 dentists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a previously validated self-administered questionnaire was distributed, in both printed and electronic forms (Google Forms), to collect data on personal characteristics, professional background, and negative perception and professional attitude toward reporting suspected violence. Descriptive and analytic statistics were applied. Significance was considered at ≤ 0.05.
The majority of dentists reported positive perception (88.4%) and positive attitude (68.0%) toward reporting suspected violence, with percentage mean scores of 35.2 ± 19.6 and 83.5 ± 15.0, respectively. Higher professional attitude score was significantly associated with the ability of dentists to recognize signs of violence ( = 3.19, = 0.002). Negative perception mean scores were significantly higher with non-Saudi nationality ( = 2.03, = 0.043), private sector ( = 3.33, = 0.037), no training on abuse management ( = 3.02, = 0.003), and perceived ability to identify victims of violence ( = 2.61, = 0.01). After adjusting for potential confounders, negative perception was predicted by non-Saudi nationality ( = 0.028) and no history of previous training in abuse management ( = 0.004).
Almost all dentists have high professional attitude scores and low negative perception scores toward reporting violence, which reflect a good sense of responsibility toward their patients and community. Educational training in abuse management must be a requirement for dental practice.
暴力是一个危及生命的问题，主要影响头颈部区域。牙医可能是首个注意到这类损伤的人。本研究旨在调查牙医报告其患者疑似遭受暴力情况的意愿以及与该意愿相关的因素。
在沙特阿拉伯利雅得对363名牙医进行的一项横断面研究中，以纸质版和电子版（谷歌表单）形式发放一份先前验证过的自填式问卷，以收集关于个人特征、专业背景以及对报告疑似暴力的负面认知和专业态度的数据。应用描述性和分析性统计方法。显著性水平设定为≤0.05。
大多数牙医对报告疑似暴力情况表示有积极认知（88.4%）和积极态度（68.0%），平均得分分别为35.2±19.6和83.5±15.0。较高的专业态度得分与牙医识别暴力迹象的能力显著相关（=3.19，=0.002）。非沙特国籍（=2.03，=0.043）、私营部门（=3.33，=0.037）、未接受过虐待管理培训（=3.02，=0.003）以及自认为有识别暴力受害者的能力（=2.61，=0.01）的牙医，其负面认知平均得分显著更高。在对潜在混杂因素进行调整后，非沙特国籍（=0.028）和无虐待管理培训史（=0.004）可预测负面认知。
几乎所有牙医在报告暴力方面都有较高的专业态度得分和较低的负面认知得分，这反映出他们对患者和社区有良好的责任感。虐待管理方面的教育培训必须成为牙科执业的一项要求。
