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Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patients’ perception regarding treatment and environment in the interns’ clinic at a university dentistry clinic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between July 2012 to May 2013 at the College of Dentistry, University of Dammam, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
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Saudi Medical Journal
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25491219 |
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author | ArRejaie, Aws S. Nawasrah, Amal M. Khan, Soban Q. Farooqi, Faraz A. Somali, Roqaiyh Al-Mudani, Wejoud F. |
author_facet | ArRejaie, Aws S. Nawasrah, Amal M. Khan, Soban Q. Farooqi, Faraz A. Somali, Roqaiyh Al-Mudani, Wejoud F. |
author_sort | ArRejaie, Aws S. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patients’ perception regarding treatment and environment in the interns’ clinic at a university dentistry clinic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between July 2012 to May 2013 at the College of Dentistry, University of Dammam, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A self-directed questionnaire was distributed to 220 randomly selected patients, and the response rate was approximately 68%. Patients’ were asked regarding dentists’ behavior, treatment, and clinical environment along with their demographics, and socioeconomic status. RESULTS: Out of the 220 randomly selected patients, 150 participated in the study. The average age of a respondent was 32.5 years (±14.5), 89 of the 150 participants were Saudi nationals. Collectively, 86% were satisfied with the doctors’ behavior, and approximately 94% responded that the dentist listens to their concerns. Most (83%) were satisfied with the treatment plan provided by the interns. CONCLUSION: The findings in this study showed that more than 80% of the participants were satisfied with the quality of treatment and clinical environment. The dissatisfaction rate was minimal (13%) and for this reason, it is difficult to establish the factors for patients dissatisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-43621622015-03-19 Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program ArRejaie, Aws S. Nawasrah, Amal M. Khan, Soban Q. Farooqi, Faraz A. Somali, Roqaiyh Al-Mudani, Wejoud F. Saudi Med J Brief Communication OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patients’ perception regarding treatment and environment in the interns’ clinic at a university dentistry clinic. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between July 2012 to May 2013 at the College of Dentistry, University of Dammam, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A self-directed questionnaire was distributed to 220 randomly selected patients, and the response rate was approximately 68%. Patients’ were asked regarding dentists’ behavior, treatment, and clinical environment along with their demographics, and socioeconomic status. RESULTS: Out of the 220 randomly selected patients, 150 participated in the study. The average age of a respondent was 32.5 years (±14.5), 89 of the 150 participants were Saudi nationals. Collectively, 86% were satisfied with the doctors’ behavior, and approximately 94% responded that the dentist listens to their concerns. Most (83%) were satisfied with the treatment plan provided by the interns. CONCLUSION: The findings in this study showed that more than 80% of the participants were satisfied with the quality of treatment and clinical environment. The dissatisfaction rate was minimal (13%) and for this reason, it is difficult to establish the factors for patients dissatisfaction. Saudi Medical Journal 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4362162/ /pubmed/25491219 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication ArRejaie, Aws S. Nawasrah, Amal M. Khan, Soban Q. Farooqi, Faraz A. Somali, Roqaiyh Al-Mudani, Wejoud F. Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
title | Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
title_full | Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
title_fullStr | Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
title_full_unstemmed | Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
title_short | Patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
title_sort | patients’ perception toward various dental treatments provided in the internship program |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25491219 |
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