Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

Treating the patients with HIV/AIDS - A cross-sectional survey in dentists

Dr. Jayakrishna Bairi

Abstract :

 Introduction: Every 15 seconds, a person dies of AIDS and every 13 seconds, another person gets infected with AIDS, an information which needs attention  . As people are diagnosed with HIV and live longer lives due to the success of antiretroviral therapies, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) will require increasingly competent and compassionate health care, including oral health care.

Objectives: willingness of dentist (staff, students and dentist) to provide treatment to HIV/AIDS patient.

Materials and methods: a descriptive cross–sectional survey among dentist and dental students was conducted with the use self–administered questionnaire eliciting information on self–rated HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, infection control practices, perceived occupational risk perception and willingness to treat HIV/AIDS patients.

Results: Interns and post graduate students strongly agree that patients with HIV/AIDS should be treated which showed a positive attitude towards this patients.  An increase in level knowledge observed as the increasing year of study from first BDS to post graduation and MDS staff and practicing dentist.

Conclusion:

Studies regarding the willingness to treat HIV/ AIDS patients have been published previously with very few studies from India, which is one of the second wave countries. Although there is considerable research on AIDS, uncertainty towards HIV–positive patients and refusal to treat these patients still persist along with the fear and possibility that an HIV positive one might be preventing from practicing dentistry.

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Treating the patients with HIV/AIDS‾A cross-sectional survey in dentists , Dr. JAYAKRISHNA BAIRI , PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-12 | December-2018

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