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DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL

This study aims to analyze the dental surgeons' knowledge about leprosy and its ways of transmission, clinical characteristics and treatment, besides analyzing their experience with respect to diagnostic suspicion and case referrals. The study population comprised 242 dental surgeons working in...

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Autores principales: MARTINS, Ronald Jefferson, CARLONI, Maria Emília Oliveira Gomes, MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas Saliba, GARBIN, Cléa Adas Saliba, GARBIN, Artênio José Ísper
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5096630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27828617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658076
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author MARTINS, Ronald Jefferson
CARLONI, Maria Emília Oliveira Gomes
MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas Saliba
GARBIN, Cléa Adas Saliba
GARBIN, Artênio José Ísper
author_facet MARTINS, Ronald Jefferson
CARLONI, Maria Emília Oliveira Gomes
MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas Saliba
GARBIN, Cléa Adas Saliba
GARBIN, Artênio José Ísper
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description This study aims to analyze the dental surgeons' knowledge about leprosy and its ways of transmission, clinical characteristics and treatment, besides analyzing their experience with respect to diagnostic suspicion and case referrals. The study population comprised 242 dental surgeons working in the public dental service of the city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. A self-applicable questionnaire containing questions about the dental surgeon's profile was used, including his/her knowledge on leprosy, as well as his/her practices concerning the disease. The results showed a predominance of female dental surgeons (65.7%), with ages ranging between 30 and 39 years old (43%) and professionals having six to 10 years of experience since graduation. Concerning their time working in the Unified Health System (SUS), the highest percentage of dental surgeons referred more than 10 years. Regarding the knowledge about the disease, 30.6% did not know the efficacy of the treatment of leprosy, 47% did not know the disease had to be notified compulsorily and only 8.3% had received information about leprosy at work. Besides that, most of them mentioned feeling little security when treating patients with leprosy (61.6%). Thus, dental surgeons' deficient knowledge on issues related to leprosy may be highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-50966302016-11-14 DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL MARTINS, Ronald Jefferson CARLONI, Maria Emília Oliveira Gomes MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas Saliba GARBIN, Cléa Adas Saliba GARBIN, Artênio José Ísper Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Original Article This study aims to analyze the dental surgeons' knowledge about leprosy and its ways of transmission, clinical characteristics and treatment, besides analyzing their experience with respect to diagnostic suspicion and case referrals. The study population comprised 242 dental surgeons working in the public dental service of the city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. A self-applicable questionnaire containing questions about the dental surgeon's profile was used, including his/her knowledge on leprosy, as well as his/her practices concerning the disease. The results showed a predominance of female dental surgeons (65.7%), with ages ranging between 30 and 39 years old (43%) and professionals having six to 10 years of experience since graduation. Concerning their time working in the Unified Health System (SUS), the highest percentage of dental surgeons referred more than 10 years. Regarding the knowledge about the disease, 30.6% did not know the efficacy of the treatment of leprosy, 47% did not know the disease had to be notified compulsorily and only 8.3% had received information about leprosy at work. Besides that, most of them mentioned feeling little security when treating patients with leprosy (61.6%). Thus, dental surgeons' deficient knowledge on issues related to leprosy may be highlighted. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5096630/ /pubmed/27828617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658076 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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MARTINS, Ronald Jefferson
CARLONI, Maria Emília Oliveira Gomes
MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas Saliba
GARBIN, Cléa Adas Saliba
GARBIN, Artênio José Ísper
DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
title DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
title_full DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
title_fullStr DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
title_full_unstemmed DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
title_short DENTISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REGARDING LEPROSY IN AN ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
title_sort dentists' knowledge and experience regarding leprosy in an endemic area in brazil
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5096630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27828617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658076
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