Defensive Dentistry Practices and Dentists (DDP)
- Conditions
- Defensive Medicine
- Interventions
- Other: Survey-based Data Collection Tool
- Registration Number
- NCT06500832
- Lead Sponsor
- Istanbul Aydın University
- Brief Summary
Medical malpractice claims have been on the rise in recent years due to the growing patient rights movement. This term is defined as an injury caused by a healthcare professional's failure to follow standard practice during treatment, a lack of skill, or failure to provide treatment. Defensive dentistry is on the rise as violence and malpractice claims increase. Defensive dental practices (DDP) refer to minimize legal responsibility of the clinician primarily rather than looking out for the patient's benefit. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, awareness and attitudes of dentists in terms of DDP.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 410
- Having worked as a dentist for at least one year;
- Speaking Turkish as their native language;
- Being a member of the Turkish Dental Association;
- Participating in the study voluntarily.
-To stop volunteering until the study is completed.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description All participants Survey-based Data Collection Tool -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method DDPS Score 1hour Total DDPS score of a participant is determined by assigning points as "completely disagreed" (1 point), "disagreed" (2 points), "neither disagreed nor agreed" (3 points), "agreed" (4 points), "completely agreed" (5 points). The total scores are categorized considering the cut-off values as very poor (23-12), poor (35-24), good (47-36), very good (60-48) to determine the level of participants' attitudes towards DDP.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Istanbul Aydin University
🇹🇷Istanbul, Kucukcekmece, Turkey