Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
October 2000
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
1
Issue:
1

Development of an attitudinal scale for dental personnel in the provision of care for people with learning disabilities

Aims and objectives: To report on the development and evaluation of a new attitude scale, with special focus upon determining discriminatory views of dental personnel towards the provision of dental care for people with learning disabilities. Design of study: Self-administered questionnaires. Subjects: Ninetytwo clinical dental students. Main outcome measures: Scores on an attitude scale, reliability statistics and factor analysis statistics. Results: Reliability was found to be satisfactory. Factor analysis revealed five underlying factors accounting for 58 per cent of the variance. Conclusions: The scale was found Key words: Attitude, learning disorders, questionnaires

to be reliable and robust.

Article Price
£15.00
Institution Article Price
£15.00
Page Start
26
Page End
30
Authors
Rebecca Horn, Jackie Champion, Raman Bedi

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  1. Editorial - Teeth and People with Learning Disabilities
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  3. 2

  1. Sialorrhea: a multidisciplinary approach to the management of drooling in children
  2. 3
  3. 9

  1. Treatment of a drooling habit in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with a palatal training plate. A case report
  2. 10
  3. 12

  1. Oral hygiene and periodontal conditions in special needs children and young adults in Kuwait
  2. 13
  3. 19

  1. The expressed dental needs of patients attending a Haemophilia Reference Centre
  2. 20
  3. 25

  1. Development of an attitudinal scale for dental personnel in the provision of care for people with learning disabilities
  2. 26
  3. 30

  1. Wheelchair for single transfer of disabled patients
  2. 31
  3. 31

  1. Specialisation in Special Care Dentistry – where from, where now, where to?
  2. 34
  3. 38

  1. National Strategies for People with a Learning Disability
  2. 39
  3. 39

  1. An Appreciation
  2. 40
  3. 40

  1. JDOH Oct 2000 BSDH news pp41-48.pdf
  2. 41
  3. 48

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