The evaluation of self-care workshops to carriers of chronic periodontitis: taking care of users and dentists

The objective of this article is to evaluate the workshops of "accepting the patient" for dentists and of self-care for carriers of chronic periodontitis. The patients assisted at the periodontics clinics of graduation and post-graduation Dentistry courses and periodontics specialty studen...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2011-03, Vol.16 Suppl 1, p.913
Main Authors: Nuto, Sharmênia de Araújo Soares, de Amorim, Samuel Ilo Fernandes, Nations, Marilyn Kay, Costa, Iris do Céu Clara
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Chronic Disease
Dentistry
Female
Humans
Male
Patient Education as Topic
Periodontitis - therapy
Self Care
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Summary:The objective of this article is to evaluate the workshops of "accepting the patient" for dentists and of self-care for carriers of chronic periodontitis. The patients assisted at the periodontics clinics of graduation and post-graduation Dentistry courses and periodontics specialty students, in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, took part of educative workshops. A field diary was done in all workshops. The patients of both interventions and control groups answered a structured questionnaire at the beginning and at the end of the treatment. In order to compare the previous and post moments, in both groups, a McNemar test was performed, with a probability of p
ISSN:1678-4561