Factors related to the willingness of Palestinian dentists to treat patients with blood-borne diseases
| dc.contributor.author | Kateeb, Elham | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amer, Rafat | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bajali, Musa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-16T09:50:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-16T09:50:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-10-24 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to explore, using groups of simulated patients, the willingness of Palestinian dentists to treat patients with blood-borne diseases. Simulated patients conducted a telephone survey of a random sample of dentists registered with the Palestinian Dental Association. A random system was used to assign dentists to one of two groups, in which simulated patients randomly identified themselves with either human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) and asked for a dental appointment. Three-hundred and four dentists (76%) responded to our telephone survey. Sixty-six per cent accepted requests for appointments and 34% declined the appointment requests. Sixty-eight per cent of the dentists declined appointment requests from patients with HIV and 32% declined appointments from patients with HBV. Dentist’s gender, ‘blood-borne disease type’, ‘place of private practice’, ‘country of graduation’ and ‘years since graduation’ were all significant predictors in the final logistic model. More than one-third of our respondents declined appointment requests from patients with blood-borne disease, two-thirds of which were for patients who identified themselves as having HIV. Education and training programmes are needed to improve attitudes of dentists – especially female dentists, older dentists and dentists practising in northern governorates – towards patients with bloodborne diseases. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors wish to thank Dr. Hussein Al-Rimawi for his statistical advice and Al Quds University dental class of 2008 for their participation in the study as simulated patients. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1875-595X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.alquds.edu/handle/20.500.12213/4617 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons A/S | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dentist | en_US |
| dc.subject | human immunodeficiency virus | en_US |
| dc.subject | Palestine | en_US |
| dc.subject | willingness | en_US |
| dc.subject | hepatitis B infection | en_US |
| dc.subject | patient-to-professional/prevention and control | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors related to the willingness of Palestinian dentists to treat patients with blood-borne diseases | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |