Donnish Journal of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene

August 2019 Vol. 5(3), pp. 065-073

ISSN: 2984-8806

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Original Research Paper

Sign Language Use and its Knowledge among the Dental Students and Patients; A Sross-Sectional Study Done in Riyadh Elm University

Leena Al-Jaafar¹, Manal Al-Shehri¹, Amnah Al-Shehri¹, Zainab Al-Aabbad¹, Jana AlZahrani1, Shahzeb Hasan Ansari²*

¹Dental Interns, Riyadh Elm University, Saudi Arabia.
²Faculty of Preventive Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Saudi Arabia.

Corresponding Author's Email: shahzebhasan@riyadh.edu.sa

Accepted 13th July, 2019.

Abstract

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Introduction: Difficulty in communicating during dental procedures may lead to misunderstanding, dissatisfaction, and unpleasant patient experience. In some cases, a patient's consent is also misinterpreted, which negatively affects the dentist-patient relationship. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study comprising of two surveys, one for the dental students while the other for patients. Questions for dental students included their gender, level of dentistry, identification of different signs used by the patients and dentists. Results: This study involved n=184 (44%) male along with n=232 (56%) female students. As far as the levels of dentistry were concerned, n=135 (33%) level 9, n=102 (25%) level 10, n=70 (17%) level 11 and n=109 (26%) level 12 students participated in this study. No significant comparisons were found when inquired about lectures as a source of sign language learning (p-value 0.589), sources other than college (p-value 0.933), frequency of using sign language with patients (p-value 0.626). Conclusions: No statistically significant difference was found on the basis of dentistry levels. No statistically significant comparisons were observed for any of the dental patient groups.

Keywords: Dentist-patient communication, Sign language, Patient satisfaction.

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Leena Al-Jaafar, Manal Al-Shehri, Amnah Al-Shehri, Zainab Al-Aabbad, Jana AlZahrani, Shahzeb Hasan Ansari. Sign Language Use and its Knowledge among the Dental Students and Patients; A Sross-Sectional Study Done in Riyadh Elm University. Donnish Journal of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene 5(3) 2019 pp. 065-073.