Risk Judgment by General Dental Practitioners: Rational but Uninformed:

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EvaEllervall¹ 

关键词: antibiotic prophylaxis;    decision making;    judgment;    risk assessment;   

DOI  :  10.4137/BII.S4067

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDecisions by dentists to administer antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infectious complications in patients involves professional risk assessment. While recommendations for rational use have been published, several studies have shown that dentists have low adherence to these recommendations.ObjectiveTo examine general dental practitioners’ (GDPs’) assessments of the risk of complications if not administering antibiotic prophylaxis in connection with dental procedures in patients with specific medical conditions.MethodsPostal questionnaires in combination with telephone interviews. Risk assessments were made using visual analogue scales (VAS), where zero represented “insignificant risk” and 100 represented a “very significant risk”.ResultsResponse rate: 51%. The mean risk assessments were higher for GDPs who administered antibiotics (mean = 54, SD = 23, range 26–72 mm on the VAS) than those who did not (mean =14, SD =12, range 7–31 mm) (P < 0.05). Generally, GDPs made higher risk assessments for p...

【 授权许可】

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