Knowledge, Perception, Attitude and Responsibility of Dentists Regarding to Physical Child Abuse in Some Governorates of Upper Egypt

Knowledge, Perception, Attitude and Responsibility of Dentists Regarding Child Physical Abuse in Some Governorates of Upper Egypt

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04720937

Enrollment

420

Registered

2021-01-22

Start date

2019-12-01

Completion date

2021-01-01

Last updated

2021-01-22

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Conditions

Child Abuse

Brief summary

Child abuse and neglect (CAN), child maltreatment, and child victimization are interchangeable terms that refer to a major public health problem confronting children and families. . This study Investigated dentists' level of knowledge, perception, attitude & responsibility regarding child physical abuse in some of Upper Egypt governorates

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

* Dentists who working in Egyptian Ministry of health &/ or private dental clinics &/ or centres in three governorates of Upper Egypt (Minia, Assuit & Sohag). * Dentists with all dental academic degrees (Bachelor, diploma, master, doctoral & other post graduate degree).

Exclusion criteria

* Dentists who are working in any other governorates except (minia, Assuit & Sohag). * Under graduated dental students

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
knowledge	1 year	questionnaire used to assess dentists' knowledge level to high and low knowledge levels
perception	1 year	questionnaire used to assess dentists' perception level into high, moderate and low perception
attitude	1 year	questionnaire used to assess dentists' attitude level into positive and negative attitude

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results