Beliefs about euthanasia among university students: perspectives from Pakistan

Shaikh, Mehraj; Kamal, Asif

doi:10.26719/2011.17.10.794

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“…It has been seen that older individuals experience lesser anxiety than their younger counterparts due to general decline in anxiety and many more exposure to diseases and their treatments [ 18 ]. This was similar to a study conducted by Shaikh and Kamal [ 19 ] and Ghazaleh et al [ 20 ] but different than the results of Faisal et al [ 16 ].…”

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Pain perception and dental anxiety during periodontal probing in patients visiting community oral health programme: a cross sectional study

2021

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Background Periodontal probing is one of the basic clinical oral examination procedures. It is carried out to assess the severity of gingival and periodontal disease. The experience of pain during probing may discourage patients. So, this study was conducted to estimate the pain perception and dental anxiety experienced during periodontal probing in patients visiting the community oral health programmes of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 participants of community oral health programmes of BPKIHS. Demographic profile, WHO modified Community Periodontal Index (CPI) 2013, Pain perception via Visual Analogue Scale (VAS Scores) and Short Version of Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Self-evaluation Questionnaire (Y-6 item) were assessed. Mean ± SD and Spearman correlation for pain and anxiety were computed. Results Only 10% of the study participants had healthy gingiva and 12% had periodontal pockets. Pain perception and dental anxiety was present in the participants. The participants experienced very little pain (6.75 ± 10.65) during periodontal probing. The overall anxiety score was 13.37 ± 1.81. There was a very weak correlation between the VAS Scores and the anxiety scores of the participants. Conclusion This study concludes that pain perception and anxiety are low during periodontal probing. There was no correlation between bleeding on probing with pain and anxiety among the people visiting community oral health programmes of BPKIHS.

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Pain perception and dental anxiety during periodontal probing in patients visiting community oral health programme: a cross sectional study

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“…A previous research done in Pakistan also proves the result of our study that level of dental anxiety is higher in females [22].…”

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Dental Anxiety among the Students of Public Sector Medical Universities of Karachi

Zarah¹,

Majeed²,

Imtiaz³

2016

J Dent Oro Surg

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This study intended to gauge the ranks of dental anxiety among medical, dental and pharmacy students at Dow Univeristy of Health Sciences (DUHS) and Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) and to discover the bases of dental fear among them. This cross sectional descriptive analytical study was carried out among 400 medical, dental and pharmacy students of DUHS and JSMU among which 314 were returned. The questions engendered from standardized questionnaire of DAS (Dental Anxiety Scale). Questions from DAS and DFS along with statistics about age, sex, course of study, year of university admission and history of dental clinic Among the three different faculties MDAS of students of Dental Colleges were lower than the, medical colleges and pharmacy college student. Dental students have ominously lower ranks of dental anxiety than medical and pharmacy students. Females presented advanced ranks than male. Deficiency of dental tutoring may perhaps result in elevated level of dental anxiety amongst non-dental university students.

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“…However, there are other studies investigated the attitudes of medical staff in Muslim countries. In one study, only 25% of Pakistani medical students approved the legalization of euthanasia (23). In another study, most of Pakistani medical students did not approve the euthanasia and believed that this procedure should be illegal in their country (24).…”

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Nurses’ Opinion About Euthanasia in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Rahimi

Rahmani

Pakpour

et al. 2015

Jentashapir J Health Res

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Background: Euthanasia is one of the important challenges in the field of end of life care. There are few studies investigated the attitude of Shiite Muslim nurses about different aspects of euthanasia. Objectives:The aim of present study was to investigate the attitude of Iranian Shiite nurses about different aspects of euthanasia in East Azerbaijan Provence, Iran, 2012. Patients and Methods: In this descriptive study, 209 nurses (census sampling method) from 6 educational hospitals in East Azerbaijan Province were participated. The attitude of nurses was investigated with Euthanasia Attitude Questionnaire, which is a 31-item scale. This scale investigate the attitude of nurses in 5 domains, including general attitude (3 items), legal and religious issues (5 items), end of life care (8 items), euthanasia decision making (8 items), and attitude toward different types of euthanasia (7 items). Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis using SPSS software (ver. 13). Results: Participants had a negative attitude towards all aspects of euthanasia. They reported that they would not participate in euthanasia procedure even this procedure was accepted by religious leaders and legal authorities. They believed that caring of end of life patients is a burden but this is not a reason for euthanasia and also they did not consider patients or their relative as decision makers for euthanasia. In addition, participants rejected all types of euthanasia. Conclusions: Iranian nurses in East Azerbaijan Provence have negative attitudes toward different aspects of euthanasia and this negative attitude is not related to religious or legal issues. So, searching for the reasons for such an attitude needs more investigation.

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Beliefs about euthanasia among university students: perspectives from Pakistan

Cited by 10 publications

References 11 publications

Pain perception and dental anxiety during periodontal probing in patients visiting community oral health programme: a cross sectional study

Pain perception and dental anxiety during periodontal probing in patients visiting community oral health programme: a cross sectional study

Dental Anxiety among the Students of Public Sector Medical Universities of Karachi

Nurses’ Opinion About Euthanasia in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

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