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- Abrahamsson, Kajsa H., 1956, et al.
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Attitudes to dental hygienists: evaluation of the Dental Hygienist Beliefs Survey in a Swedish population of patients and students.
- 2007
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Ingår i: International journal of dental hygiene. - : Wiley. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 5:2, s. 95-102
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim was to evaluate and test the psychometric properties of the Dental Hygienist Beliefs Survey (DHBS) in a Swedish sample of different patient groups and students. It was hypothesized that negative dental hygienist beliefs would discriminate between fearful and non-fearful study groups. The DHBS was distributed together with the revised Dental Beliefs Survey (DBS-R) and the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). The study sample included 394 subjects (130 students, 144 general dental patients, 90 periodontal patients and 30 patients on a waiting list for dental fear treatment). The results verified that the DHBS discriminates well between dentally fearful and non-fearful study groups. The DHBS had high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.96-0.98) in all the groups. The correlation between the DHBS and the DBS-R was high (rho = 0.82, P < 0.001). Furthermore, the DHBS correlated significantly with the DAS, as well as with a low but significant correlation to age (more negative attitudes in younger age groups) and gender (more negative attitudes amongst women). Regression analysis showed that gender and the DHBS items: 23, 16 and 28, i.e. items related to feeling helpless, worries/fears not being taken seriously and fear about 'bad news' possibly preventing treatment, were the most important predictors of dental fear. The results suggest that the DHBS may be a valid and reliable scale to use in order to assess patient's specific attitudes to dental hygienists. However, the psychometric properties including test-retest analysis and the underlying factor structure of the DHBS need to be further explored.
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- Abrahamsson, Kajsa H., 1956, et al.
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Dental beliefs: evaluation of the Swedish version of the revised Dental Beliefs Survey in different patient groups and in a non-clinical student sample.
- 2006
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Ingår i: European journal of oral sciences. - : Wiley. - 0909-8836 .- 1600-0722. ; 114:3, s. 209-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to evaluate and to test the psychometric properties of a Swedish version of the revised Dental Beliefs Survey (DBS-R) in different patient groups and in a non-clinical sample of students. It was hypothesized that negative dental beliefs, assessed using the DBS-R, would discriminate between fearful and non-fearful study groups. The questionnaire was distributed together with the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). The sample included 550 adults who responded to the questionnaires (206 students, 177 general dental patients, 105 periodontal patients and 62 patients at a waiting list for dental-fear treatment). The internal drop-out rate was low. The results confirmed that the DBS-R discriminates well between fearful patients and the other study groups. The DBS-R had a high internal consistency in all the study groups. Furthermore, the DBS-R correlated significantly with age (higher values in younger age groups) and the DAS. Regression analyses showed that the DBS-R subdimensions of 'communication' and 'control'/or 'trust', respectively, were significant predictors for dental fear. The results suggest that the DBS-R is a reliable and valid instrument for use in different Swedish patient- and non-clinical population groups in order to assess attitudes to dentists. However, the underlying factor structure of the DBS-R needs to be further explored and established.
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- Stenman, Jane, 1955, et al.
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Patients' attitudes towards oral health and experiences of periodontal treatment: a qualitative interview study
- 2009
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Ingår i: Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry. ; 7:4, s. 393-401
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The aim of the present qualitative study was to analyse patients' attitudes towards oral health and experiences of periodontal treatment. Materials and Methods: Patients who were referred to a specialist clinic in periodontics were subjected to open-ended interviews before (Abrahamsson et al, 2008), as well as after, the phase of cause-related periodontal therapy. An interview guide was used with themes of interest. The time interval between the interviews was about 6 months. Because the study focused on psychosocial interactions, the qualitative method used for the analysis was Grounded Theory (Glaser and Strauss, 1967). Data collection and analysis were simultaneous processes that focus on psychosocial processes, existing problems and how these problems were dealt with. The interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and consequently analysed in a hierarchical coding process until saturation was met (n = 16). Results: In the analysis, a core category was identified: 'Understanding the seriousness of the disease condition'. This core concept was related to four additional categories and dimensions: 'The need to be treated respectfully', 'To gain insight', 'Frustration about the financial cost for treatment' and 'Feelings of control over the situation'. Taken together, the core category and its related subcategories described a psychosocial process that was related to periodontal treatment. Conclusions: The results elucidated the patients' vulnerability and the importance of patient communication in the treatment for chronic periodontitis in order for the patient to feel in control of the situation.
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