TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Knowledge, attitudes and educational experiences of a group of Egyptian dental students regarding physical child abuse: a cross-sectional study
JO  - Advanced Dental Journal
A1  - Ahmed, Hadeer
A1  - Abd Al Gwad, Randa
A1  - Mahmoud, Sara
SP  - 507
EP  - 516
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - AIM: This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and educational experiences of a group of Egyptian dental students regarding PCA. Participants and methods: A cross-sectional study with convenient consecutive sampling was conducted on a group of Egyptian dental students in three different dental classes (third, fourth, and fifth) in the Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, during the academic year 2019-2020. The data were collected through an anonymous, self-administrated structured questionnaire. The collected data were subjected to statistical analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The response rate was 75.2 % (n=489/650) including 47.65% males and 52.35% females. Half of the respondents believed that strong correlation existed between dental neglect and presence of PCA. About 79.92% of the respondents believed that dentists were legally required to report child abuse. Most students indicated that their dental school was the main source of information about this topic. Only 20.55% of the respondents had received enough formal training in recognition and reporting PCA. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Egyptian dental students have insufficient knowledge about PCA, and dental curriculum should be modified.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2636-302X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/adjc.2023.202169.1284
ID  - ref1
ER  -