scholarly journals Dental Fear among Medical and Dental Undergraduates

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hakim ◽  
I. A. Razak
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Dental Fear ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
High Level ◽  
Dental Appointment

Objective. To assess the prevalence and level of dental fear among health related undergraduates and to identify factors causing such fear using Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey (DFS) questionnaire.Methods. Kleinknecht’s DFS questionnaire was used to assess dental fear and anxiety among the entire enrollment of the medical and dental undergraduates’ of the University of Malaya.Results. Overall response rate was 82.2%. Dental students reported higher prevalence of dental fear (96.0% versus 90.4%). However, most of the fear encountered among dental students was in the low fear category as compared to their medical counterpart (69.2 versus 51.2%). Significantly more medical students cancelled dental appointment due to fear compared to dental students (P=0.004). “Heart beats faster” and “muscle being tensed” were the top two physiological responses experienced by the respondents. “Drill” and “anesthetic needle” were the most fear provoking objects among respondents of both faculties.Conclusion. Dental fear and anxiety are a common problem encountered among medical and dental undergraduates who represent future health care professionals. Also, high level of dental fear and anxiety leads to the avoidance of the dental services.

scholarly journals Medical education system in Malaysia maintaining a gold standard – an extraordinary example from the Malaysian Society of Pharmacology and Physiology

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-98
Author(s):  
Bedanta Roy ◽  
Nicholas Goh ◽  
Rukhsana Hussain Malik
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Private University ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
International University ◽  
The University

Founded in 2011 Quest International University Perak (QIUP) is a private university in partnership with Perak state Government. Various professional programmes are conducted in Faculty of Medicine (FOM) helps the young lecturers. Enormous financial aids and moral support are provided by the University for competitive events which are highly appreciable. Universities across the world should encourage their faculties, to organize and participate healthy competitions like quiz, teachers’ prize to make a better educator who guides future health care professionals. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2017;7(3); 697-698

The Mini-Med School and Its Impact on Future Health Care Professionals' Attitudes toward Indigenous People

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 2043-2054
Author(s):  
Christophe Moderie ◽  
Éric Drouin ◽  
Richard Rioux ◽  
Anne-Sophie Thommeret-Carrière ◽  
Sébastien Béland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Future Health Care

LIFE SPAN GERIATRIC INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM FOR PREPARING FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley E. Holland ◽  
Kay T. Roberts ◽  
Arthur Van Stewart ◽  
John C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Interdisciplinary Curriculum ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Future Health Care

scholarly journals Can molar incisor hypomineralization cause dental fear and anxiety or influence the oral health-related quality of life in children and adolescents?—a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Jälevik ◽  
N. Sabel ◽  
A. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Dental Fear ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Abstract Purpose Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) are first molars with developmental enamel defects and are common findings in many child populations. The porous nature of MIH enamel and the presence of post-eruptive enamel breakdown leads to the presence of hypersensitivity and pain, which is often the patient’s main complaint and can result in dental fear and affect the quality of life. The present review aims to summarise the evidence for the ability of MIH to cause problems, such as dental fear and anxiety (DFA) and to summarise the evidence for a possibly negative impact on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of MIH affected children and adolescents, in a systematic review. Method Two searches, (1) MIH AND dental anxiety and (2) MIH AND Quality of life, were performed in MEDLINE/PubMed and Scopus. Selection demands were fulfilling the MIH diagnosis criteria using validated instruments and questionnaires for assessing DFA and OHRQoL, respectively. Results After removing duplicates and articles not fulfilling the selection demands, 6 studies concerning MIH and DFA and 8 studies concerning MIH and OHRQoL remained. Conclusion Children and adolescents with diagnosed MIH did not seem to suffer from increased dental fear and anxiety, but indicated an impaired oral health-related quality of life.

scholarly journals Risk Factors of Antibiotics Self-medication Practices among University Students in Cairo, Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (E) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Nesreen Mohamed Kamal Elden ◽  
Hebatallah A. Nasser ◽  
Aliaa Alli ◽  
Nayra Mahmoud ◽  
Mai Ahmed Shawky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
Knowledge Area ◽  
Prescribing Medication ◽  
Dental Infections

BACKGROUND: Self-medication is a practice with major global implications, especially with antibiotics intake. Self-medication among future health-care professionals could affect their way in prescribing medication in the future. AIM: This study was conducted to estimate the magnitude and the determinants of antibiotics self-medication practices and to describe the pattern of antibiotics abuse among undergraduate university students. METHODS: A cross-section study was conducted among 563 medical students from public and private universities in Cairo, Egypt, using a questionnaire. RESULTS: About 77.7% of the students used antibiotics without prescriptions with no statistical differences by age, sex, residence, or type of universities. More than half of the students (51.7%) do not know the effect of antibiotics abuse on microbial resistance. Most self-treated antibiotics were used to manage gastroenteritis symptoms (70%), respiratory symptoms (63%), and dental infections (36%), other causes such as headache or prophylactic reasons (21%). About 91.7% of the self-medicated students reported access to antibiotics from the pharmacy without a prescription and 71% of them mentioned discontinuation of a course of antibiotics at least once during the last year. About 81% of the students who do not know the effect of antibiotic abuse are self-medicated versus 75% of their counterpart who know and this difference is statistically significant. The multivariate analysis identified the residence as an independent predictor of their knowledge (area of residence = 1.6, 95% confidence interval [1.1–2.3]). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics among university students in Cairo is high. Our findings highlight the urgent need for tailored interventions to control this practice.

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