Dental practitioners' attitudes, subjective norms and intentions to practice atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) in Tanzania
J. appl. oral sci
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17(2): 97-102, Mar.-Apr. 2009. tab
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to describe the attitude and subjective norm of dental practitioners towards practicing the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) in Tanzania. A pre-tested questionnaire on attitudes and subjective norms to practice ART was mailed to all 147 dental practitioners working in the regional and district government clinics. The independent variables were gender, working experience, qualification and ever heard of ART. The dependent variables were attitude, subjective norm and intention to practice ART. Chi-square tests and multiple regression analysis were used to test for effects between independent and dependent variables. Significance level was set at 5 percent. A total of 138 practitioners returned completed questionnaires. More experienced dental practitioners encountered moderate social pressure than less experienced dental practitioners, who met strong social pressure (p=0.045). A total of 73.2 percent of dental practitioners felt that ART was worth introducing in Tanzania, 92.8 percent recommended ART training for all dental practitioners and 97.8 percent recommended inclusion of ART in dental curricula. Positive attitude, strong subjective norm and high intention to practice ART were recorded in 76.3 percent, 28.1 percent and 90.6 percent of the practitioners, respectively. Only subjective norm had a statistically significant influence on the intention to practice ART (p<0.0001). The results indicated that dental practitioners were willing to have ART introduced in Tanzania and had positive attitudes towards practicing this technique. Nevertheless, their intention to perform ART was strongly influenced by social pressures. Therefore, in order to have a successful introduction of ART in Tanzania, people who matter in the daily practice of dental practitioners need to accept and appraise the ART approach positively.
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Assunto principal:
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Padrões de Prática Odontológica
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Restauração Dentária Permanente
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Odontólogos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. appl. oral sci
Assunto da revista:
Odontologia
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Holanda
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Tanzânia
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences/TZ
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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre/NL
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