Knowledge of Dentists working At Public Dental Hospitals in Khartoum Locality Towards the Treatment of Autistic Patients
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: Autism is a syndrome of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders which is characterized by deficits in social interaction, communication, and unusual repetitive behaviour. This is a disease that is not yet fully understood, for this reason appropriate treatment and guidelines are in deficit, this research will try to evaluate the knowledge of dentists who have undergone specialization and general practitioners. This study aims to study the knowledge of Dentists working in public dental hospitals in Khartoum locality towards the treatment of autistic patients. Methodology: Self-Administered questionnaires were distributed among 138 general dental practitioners and specialists employed at the Academic dental hospital and Khartoum Dental Teaching Hospital. Data was analyzed using SPSS. Results: In this study, 67% of respondents declared that they received training on how to treat autistic patients and 55% of them declared that they have seen autistic patients. 28% of respondents managed to treat their patients while 63% managed to treat only some of them and 9% failed to treat any patient. This study partially supported the notion that dentists decline to treat autistic children, it found that 30% of respondents did not like to treat autistic children, 45% sometimes did not like to treat autistic children while 35 % of respondents did like to treat autistic patients. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is no difference among general practitioners and specialists in their knowledge about the precautions to be taken when dealing with Autistic patients; this may give false impression that Specialization programs do not add to the undergraduate knowledge; although the majority of the participants showed high interest in educational programs aimed at deal with autistic patient.
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Meshary Elsheikh Idrees, Abdalla Saleh Aljabry
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