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

Minia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child Abuse

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04720937

352

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 420 patients

Sex

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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