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Published in English in Tropical Dental Journal Volume 34 - September 2011 pages 5-10

Dentist’s knowledge and attitude towards informed consent taking in a Nigerian teaching hospitalDentist’s knowledge and attitude towards informed consent taking in a Nigerian teaching hospital est évalué 1 étoiles par les abonnés Tropical Dental Journal Online

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Authors : A.T. Adeyemi, J.O. Kosoko, J.U. Ifesanya - Nigeria


Résumé

Contexte et objectif : Il y a eu une augmentation des connaissances médicales et dentaires dans le monde aujourd’hui. De plus en plus de gens ont connaissance de leurs droits et les cas de mise en cause de responsabilité médicale et dentaire sont en augmentation. C’est pourquoi une démarche vers l’obtention du consentement éclairé dans la pratique dentaire est devenue nécessaire. Cette étude évalue la perception des dentistes sur le consentement éclairé pris lors de traitements dentaires.
Méthodologie : Des questionnaires auto-administrés ont été donnés à tous les dentistes travaillant dans l’un des hôpitaux d’enseignement de la région sud-ouest du Nigeria. Les questionnaires évaluaient la capacité des médecins à définir correctement le consentement éclairé, la connaissance des aspects pertinents du consentement éclairé et les traitements dentaires pour lesquels celui-ci devrait être pris systématiquement.
Résultats : Les résultats révèlent que 10 dentistes sur 56 (17,5 %) ont été capables de définir correctement et pleinement le consentement éclairé. Presque tous les dentistes (98,4 %) ont affirmé avoir demandé un consentement éclairé à un moment ou un autre, 31 dentistes (59.6%) ont affirmé qu’ils avaient toujours un consentement éclairé verbal sur les soins dentaires de routine. Toutefois 21 dentistes (42%) croient que cette demande de consentement éclairé effraie les patients, tandis que 31 dentistes (54.5%) croient que le consentement éclairé prépare mieux les patients au traitement dentaire. En règle générale, les dentistes pensent que plus le traitement dentaire est invasif plus le consentement éclairé doit être obtenu.
Conclusion : La connaissance des dentistes en ce qui concerne le consentement éclairé semble être inadéquate car seuls quelques-uns ont été en mesure de définir la notion de consentement éclairé. Cependant, leur attitude envers le consentement éclairé semble être plus positive car presque tous ont prétendu avoir pris un consentement éclairé des patients à un moment ou un autre. Par conséquent, des mises à niveau régulières sur les connaissances et la portée du consentement éclairé sont à encourager.

Abstract
Dentist’s knowledge and attitude towards informed consent taking in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Background and aim: There has been an increase in medical and dental knowledge in the world today. More and more people are getting to know their rights and cases of medical and dental liability is on the increase. Hence a proper approach towards obtaining informed consent in dental practice has become necessary. This study assessed dentists’ perception on informed consent taking for dental procedures.
Methodology: Self administered questionnaires were given to all dentists working in one of the teaching hospitals in the south west region of Nigeria. The questionnaires assessed the doctors’ ability to properly define informed consent, knowledge of aspects relevant to informed consent taking and procedures for which they felt informed consent should be taking routinely.
Results: The result revealed 10 out of 56 dentists (17.5%) were able to rightly and fully define informed consent. Almost all the dentists (98.4%) claimed to have taken informed consent at one time or the other, out of which 31 dentists (59.6%) claim that they always take verbal informed consent on routine dental treatment. However 21 (42%) of the dentists believed that informed consent scares patients, while 31 (54.5%) believed informed consent prepares patients better for the procedure. Generally the dentists agreed that the more invasive the dental treatment procedure was the more they felt informed consent should be taken.
Conclusion: Dentists knowledge about informed consent seems to be inadequate as only few of them were able to define informed consent. However their attitude towards informed consent seems to be more positive as almost all claimed to have taken informed consent from patients at one time or the other. Therefore regular update about knowledge and significance of informed consent should be encouraged.

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