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knowledge, personal views and experiences of a group of dental interns toward physical child abuse : A cross-sectional study
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Abstract
Aim: Assessing knowledge, personal views, and experiences of a group of dental interns toward
physical child abuse.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study with convenient sampling was conducted on dental interns
practicing in the Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Cairo University from
March 2018 to August 2018 using an anonymous, self-administered structured questionnaire. Three
hundred questionnaires were distributed at the end of the training period each month and 238
questionnaires were subjected to statistical analysis to assess knowledge, personal views, and
experiences regarding physical child abuse. Collected data were tabulated and statistically analyzed
using R statistical analysis software version 4.0.3 for Windows.Results: The response rate was 79.3% including 83.6% Egyptians, 56.7% graduated from a private
university and only 14.3% had formal training about dealing with physical child abuse cases. The
participants in the present study showed moderate knowledge about the signs and symptoms of
physical child abuse. The personal views of the participants towards detecting and reporting child
abuse cases were generally positive, 50.4% of the dental interns suspected a case of physical child
abuse before, and unfortunately, only 3% of them reported the cases.
Conclusion: Dental interns have moderate knowledge about physical child abuse and their personal
views towards the role of dentists in detecting, reporting, and documenting these cases were generally
positive.