Knowledge, Attitude and Performance of General Dentists in Relation to Children with Leukemia and Related Therapies in Ahvaz Basir Leila1, Sarikhani Parisa2,*, Zarouni Fateme2 1Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 2Pediatric Dentistry Resident, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran *Corresponding Author: Parisa Sarikhani, Pediatric Dentistry Resident, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Introduction Blood malignancies include three major types of leukemia, lymphoma, and plasma cell tumors. Our greatest concern about these patients is the risk of infection and bleeding during and after treatment, as well as concerns about knowledge, attitude and performance of general dentists in handling and managing the treatment of these children. Therefore, this study tends to assess knowledge, attitude and performance of general dentists in relation to children with leukemia and their related therapies in Ahwaz. Materials and Method this cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out by a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 4 parts: personal information, knowledge, attitude and performance in 2018. The questionnaires were submitted to 100 dentists. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS22 software. Results In this study, 43 women and 57 men participated. Mean scores of knowledge were 3.70 ± 1.01 in women and 3.93 ± 1.05 in men. The mean scores of attitude were 12.87 ± 4.17 in women and 13.34 ± 3.53 in men. Mean scores of performance were 3.85 ± 1.00 for women and 3.86 ± 1.03 for men; none of the scores showed statistically significant difference. Conclusion This study showed that knowledge, attitude and performance of dentists is not optimal in relation to leukemia and the related treatments. Therefore, it is necessary to provide educational programs and give the necessary knowledge to students and dentists. Top Keywords Knowledge, attitude, performance, leukemia, dental procedures. Top |