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General Dentists’ Perceptions About Their Relationship With Specialists

INTRODUCTION: This paper assesses the nature of the general dentist–specialist relationship, as perceived by general dentists in Canada. METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey was administered to general dentists across Canada who are part of the Canadian Dental Association register and who hav...

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Autores principales: Kaur, Harpinder, Singhal, Sonica, Glogauer, Michael, Azarpazhooh, Amir, Quiñonez, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9381364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34600746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.08.052
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Singhal, Sonica
Glogauer, Michael
Azarpazhooh, Amir
Quiñonez, Carlos
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description INTRODUCTION: This paper assesses the nature of the general dentist–specialist relationship, as perceived by general dentists in Canada. METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey was administered to general dentists across Canada who are part of the Canadian Dental Association register and who have consented to receiving email surveys (N ≈ 11,300). Information including sociodemographic and practitioner- and practice-related factors was collected using a 47-item questionnaire. The general dentist–specialist relationship was conceptualised on the basis of 4 factors: communication, confidence, competition, and referrals. Descriptive analysis was conducted. RESULTS: The response rate for the survey was 11.7% (n = 1328). Most general dentists specified that specialists sent timely information/reports (93%), were partners in delivering care (64%), presented little competitive pressure (87%), and were strongly collegial (85%). CONCLUSIONS: In general, the study demonstrated that Canadian general dentists held a positive perception of their relationship with the specialists.
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spelling pubmed-93813642022-08-18 General Dentists’ Perceptions About Their Relationship With Specialists Kaur, Harpinder Singhal, Sonica Glogauer, Michael Azarpazhooh, Amir Quiñonez, Carlos Int Dent J Scientific Research Report INTRODUCTION: This paper assesses the nature of the general dentist–specialist relationship, as perceived by general dentists in Canada. METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey was administered to general dentists across Canada who are part of the Canadian Dental Association register and who have consented to receiving email surveys (N ≈ 11,300). Information including sociodemographic and practitioner- and practice-related factors was collected using a 47-item questionnaire. The general dentist–specialist relationship was conceptualised on the basis of 4 factors: communication, confidence, competition, and referrals. Descriptive analysis was conducted. RESULTS: The response rate for the survey was 11.7% (n = 1328). Most general dentists specified that specialists sent timely information/reports (93%), were partners in delivering care (64%), presented little competitive pressure (87%), and were strongly collegial (85%). CONCLUSIONS: In general, the study demonstrated that Canadian general dentists held a positive perception of their relationship with the specialists. Elsevier 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9381364/ /pubmed/34600746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.08.052 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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