The Dental Hygienists in Sweden and Portugal: A Comparative Study.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent
; 9(3): 296-302, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
The aim of the present study was to identify the dental hygienists (DHs)' working areas and compare these findings between Sweden and Portugal. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A web-based questionnaire was sent by E-mail to all 2943 members of the Swedish DH Association and 381 members of the Portuguese DH Association. The questionnaire contained questions about; number of years of work, which patient groups they worked with, if they had got sufficient knowledge from the education and what different tasks they worked with. Independent sample t-test, relative risk, and logistic regression analysis were used as statistical methods.RESULTS:
The response rate for Sweden was 31% (n = 923) and the corresponding figure for Portugal was 53.5% (n = 204). The most common tasks for the DHs, in both countries, were to diagnose and treat patients with periodontitis and to diagnose and perform caries prevention. In Portugal, 86.5% worked with orthodontic patients compared to 32.3% in Sweden (P = 0.001). The logistic regression analysis showed that there was a 25% (P = 0.02) higher probability that Swedish DHs took more X-rays and 38% (P = 0.042) probability that they had more communications skills compared to the Portuguese DHs.CONCLUSION:
The DH profession in Sweden and Portugal was overall quite similar. Despite a few local differences, both the academic education and scope of practice corresponded well between the countries. The few discrepancies could be explained by differences in legislations in each country.
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En
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J Int Soc Prev Community Dent
Año:
2019
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Article
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Suecia