Valk, M.A. van der (2018) De attitude van tandartsen en studenten Tandheelkunde ten aanzien van het leveren van (mond)zorg aan patiënten in de palliatieve fase. thesis, Dentistry.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Palliative patients are patients with a progressive and advanced disease of which has been established that it is unresponsive to curative treatment. For these patients, the oral cavity is frequently the first site of pain and loss of function. The lesions in the oral cavity have a major impact on the well-being of a palliative patient, both physically and psychologically. Dentists can play a significant role in oral care for palliative patients and make an important contribution to improving their quality of life. Nevertheless, the importance of dental care is overlooked due to the absence of the dentist as a member of the palliative team. It appears that the dental course in Groningen has not included a specific part on palliative (oral) care in their curriculum. The above shows that palliative patients do not receive the acquired dental attention. Nonetheless, the future focus will be on treating the elderly due to rising life expectancy. The number of palliative patients is also expected to increase in the coming years because the old age comes with infirmities and diseases. The aim of this study is to examine how dentists and students are faced with providing (oral) care to palliative patients. The question in this study was: to what extent are dentists involved in the care of palliative patients and what is the attitude of dentists and master 1 and master 3 students towards the provision of oral care to palliative patients? A questionnaire has been distributed among 59 dentists who are affiliated with the TOP-NN network and 50 master 1 and 48 master 3 students from the University of Groningen. The questionnaire focused on topics such as knowledge of and attitude towards palliative patients, palliative care education, contact with other health care providers and the palliative care team. The results have shown that both dentists and students know that a palliative patient is terminally ill. The majority of dentists have had professional dental contact with palliative patients, wheareas students believed they had less often contact with these patients. Half of the dentists indicated that other health care providers have contacted them in the past 12 months. Students seemed more aware of palliative care teams compared to dentists. It appeared that the majority of dentists and students did not receive any training regarding palliative (oral) care, even though they felt the need to be trained in that specific area. No differences were found in attitude between dentists and students and between master 1 and master 3 students. There are no significant predictors for the various components of attitude of students. The gender of the dentist also has no influence on these components. Age and years of work experience could be related, so no definitive answer can yet be given.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schuller, dr. A.A. and Reyners, prof. dr. A.K.L. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Nov 2021 13:17 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2021 13:17 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2836 |
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