How Dentists Account For Social Responsibility: A Questionnaire Survey Among The Dental Graduates Of Mysore City, India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
In India, the literature regarding social responsibilities among dentists is scarce, hence the present study was undertaken to analyze how private dental practitioner in Mysore City account for their professional obligation towards society.A total of 172 private dental practitioner were there in Mysore City, out of which 136 gave consent to participate. A 13 –item questionnaire was used. It was self-completed by the participants. For the data analysis, the ratings were assigned weight value of 1,2,3,4 and 5, respectively. The Total Weight Value (TWV) for each item of the questionnaire was obtained through the summation and the Indices for Social Concern (SCI) for each of the questionnaire item were arrived and the mean of the index was calculated. Eight of the 13 questionnaire items had SCI higher than the mean value of SCI (4.29) showing areas of great social concerns: ‘Dental institutes should participate in community outreach activities’ had the highest SCI score (4.60) followed by ‘Dentist should have habit of reading scientific journals’ (4.57).The lowest score was for ‘Language/finance/Transportation are barrier to the dental care access’ (3.78).In the present study, private dental practitioners in Mysore City reported that they were social responsible towards the society. Key Words: Social responsibility, Private dental practitioner, Dentists.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Rachna Raj, Dr. Vikas Vaibhav, Dr. Thippeswamy HM. , Dr. CVK Reddy, Dr. Mobeen Khan
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