Objectives: The present study was carried out in Malaysia to explore satisfactionof non-syndrome cleft lip and plate (CLP) patients and their parents with treatment outcome.Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Setting: This study was carried out in twotertiary care hospitals of Malaysia, namely Universityof Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) andHospital Kota Bharu/ Hospital Raja Perumpuan Zainab II (HKB/ HRPZII) during August 2007to March 2009. Materials and Methods: Total eighty three CLP patients (age > 10 years) andeighty three parents were included. The Cleft Profile Evaluation Proforma designed by RoyalCollege of surgeons Cleft Lip and Palate Audit Group was used to assess satisfaction with oralcleft related features. It consisted of an eight item list speech, hearing, lip, nose, teeth, bite,breathing and facial profile. Results: The results of present study revealed that majority of thepatients (89.8%) and parents (86.7%) were satisfied with the care and attention provided by theoral cleft team overall. Moreover, It was found that (90.3%) of CLP patients and (83%) parentswere satisfied with the overall treatment results. After treatment, speech was very satisfactoryfor (57.8%) and very unsatisfactory for (8.40%) patients. The hearing after treatment, was verysatisfactory for (62.7%), and very unsatisfactory for (7.2%) patients. Out of total 83 patients,appearance of nose was very satisfactory for (36.1%) patients and for (15.7%) patients it wasvery unsatisfactory. The speech of their child after treatment was very satisfactory for (48.2%) parents, satisfactory for (37.3%) of the parents, unsatisfactory for (7.4%) parents and veryunsatisfactory for (6.0%) parents. The hearing of their child after treatment was very satisfactoryfor (65.1 %) parents, satisfactory for (30.1%) of the parents, unsatisfactory for (2.4%) parentsand very unsatisfactory for (2.4%) parents. It may be concluded that most of patients andparents were satisfied with the treatment provided. There was complete agreement betweenthe patients and parents with regard to their satisfaction about facial appearance.
The present study was carried out in Malaysia to explore satisfaction of non-syndrome cleft lip and plate (CLP) patients and their parents with treatment outcome. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Setting: This study was carried out in two tertiary care hospitals of Malaysia, namely Univer sity of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and Hospital Kota Bharu/ Hospital Raja Perumpuan Zainab II (HKB/ HRPZII) during August 2007 to March 2009. Materials and Methods: Total eighty three CLP patients (age > 10 years) and eighty three parents were included. The Cleft Profile Evaluation Proforma designed by Royal College of surgeons Cleft Lip and Palate Audit Group was used to assess satisfaction with oral cleft related features. It consisted of an eight item list speech, hearing, lip, nose, teeth, bite, breathing and facial profile. Results: The results of present study revealed that majority of the patients (89.8%) and parents (86.7%) were satisfied with the care and attention provided by the oral cleft team overall. Moreover, It was found that (90.3%) of CLP patients and (83%) parents were satisfied with the overall treatment results. After treatment, speech was very satisfactory for (57.8%) and very unsatisfactory for (8.40%) patients. The hearing after treatment, was very satisfactory for (62.7%), and very unsatisfactory for (7.2%) patients. Out of total 83 patients, appearance of nose was very satisfactory for (36.1%) patients and for (15.7%) patients it was very unsatisfactory. The speech of their child after treatment was very satisfactory for (48.2 %) parents, satisfactory for (37.3%) of the parents, unsatisfactory for (7.4%) parents and very unsatisfactory for (6.0%) parents. The hearing of their child after treatment was very satisfactory for (65.1 %) parents, satisfactory for (30.1%) of the parents, unsatisfactory for (2.4%) parents and very unsatisfactory for (2.4%) parents. It may be concluded that most of patients and parents were satisfied with the treatment provided. There was complete agreement between the patients and parents with regard to their satisfaction about facial appearance.
Objective This study aimed to assess the perception of factors affecting studies and well-being among students of the Bibi Aseefa Dental College, Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. Materials and Methods Students of the Bibi Aseefa Dental College of various professional years were asked to respond to an online-based survey (Google Forms), which was then evaluated by SPSS 16.0 (SPSS Inc.; Chicago Illinois, United States) using the analysis-of-variance test. The study sample consisted of stratified random sampling. Inclusion criteria included students from year 1 to year 4 of their undergraduate studies during the study period of June 2019 to August 2019. Descriptive statistics including frequency and distribution regarding gender, year of study, age, external factors (stress, sleep, health, hobbies, financial, friends, paid work, voluntary work), reasons for choosing dentistry, and how these factors affecting the study were created. Results The results showed that 97 students chose Bachelor of Dental Study (BDS) as a career because they were not selected in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). Overall, 52.41% students agreed that external factors are affecting their studies, 46.8% stated that they were stressed due to studies in past 12 months, 48.4% students agreed that their disturbed sleep due to academic assignments is affecting their studies, 29.9% stated that their health disturbance affected their studies in the past 12 months, and 48.4% responded that their own hobbies and sports work were affecting their academic grades. Conclusion This study revealed that extracurricular factors were a cause of stress among dental students. The main cause of stress among the student was confusion about the syllabus of their academic year, resulting in a lack of sleep during the examination year, and favoritism among teachers for the students.
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