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AĞIZ, DİŞ VE ÇENE CERRAHLARI VE ARAŞTIRMA GÖREVLİLERİNİN DEFANSİF DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ TUTUMLARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Year 2022, , 153 - 161, 30.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.956882

Abstract

Amaç
Defansif tıp uygulamaları kavramı, klinik karar süreçlerinde
öncelikle hekimlerin olası hukuki işlemlerden
korunmayı amaçlaması olarak tanımlanmaktadır.
Günümüzde gelinen noktada sağlık uygulamalarını
konu edinen yasal süreçlerin artması hekimlerin klinik
uygulamalarında defansif tıp uygulamalarını daha
sık kullanmalarına neden olmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın
amacı ağız, diş ve çene cerrahları ve araştırma görevlilerinin
defansif diş hekimliği tutumlarını ve bu tutumları
etkileyen faktörleri araştırmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem
Ocak-Şubat 2021 tarihleri arasında çeşitli kurumlarda
görev yapan 146 ağız, diş ve çene cerrahisi (ADÇC)
uzmanı/araştırma görevlisine çevrimiçi anket formu
ulaştırıldı, anket formunu eksiksiz dolduran ve çalışmaya
dahil edilme kriterlerini karşılayan 63 diş hekimi
(%43,1) çalışmaya dahil edildi. Katılımcıların yaşı, cinsiyeti,
faaliyet gösterdikleri kurum veya özel kuruluş,
hekim-hasta ilişkisinde geçirdikleri süre, malpraktis
davası geçmişi, önümüzdeki 10 yıl içinde malpraktis
davasıyla karşılaşıp karşılaşmayacaklarına ilişkin düşünceleri
ve defansif diş hekimliği konusundaki bilgi
düzeyleri sorgulandı. Çalışmaya dahil edilme kriterleri
ADÇC alanında en az 1 yıl hizmet vermiş olmak ve
halen bu alanda hasta-hekim ilişkisi içerisinde olmak
olarak belirlendi.
Bulgular
Çalışmaya katılan hekimlerin %47,6'sının çok yüksek
düzeyde, %41,3'ünün yüksek düzeyde ve %11,1'inin
orta düzeyde defansif diş hekimliği uyguladıkları saptanmış
olup, ortalama defansif diş hekimliği skoru
46,25 ± 7,42 olarak bulunmuştur. Ortalama defansif
diş hekimliği skorlarının çalışılan kurum, dava geçmişi
ve gelecek 10 yıldaki dava beklentisine bağlı olarak
değişim gösterdiği saptanmıştır. (p<0,05)
Sonuç
ADÇC uzmanları ve araştırma görevlilerinin yaygın
şekilde defansif diş hekimliği uyguladığı sonucuna
ulaşılmıştır. Öte yandan çalışmamızda ADÇC uzmanlarının
ve araştırma görevlilerinin defansif diş hekimliği
kavramı hakkında yeterli bilgiye sahip olmadığı
tespit edilmiş olup, mezuniyet öncesi müfredatta defansif
diş hekimliği kavramına yer verilmesinin faydalı
olacağını düşünmekteyiz.

References

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  • 3. Raposo V. L. Defensive Medicine and the Imposition of a More Demanding Standard of Care. The Journal of legal medicine, 2019, 39(4), 401–416.
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  • 13. Kim Y. K. Complications and medicolegal problems. Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2014, 40(6), 259.
  • 14. Upadhyay, A., York, S., Macaulay, W., McGrory, B., Robbennolt, J., & Bal, B. S. Medical Malpractice in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 2007, 22(6 SUPPL.), 2-7.e4.
  • 15. Yan, S. C., Hulsbergen, A., Muskens, I. S., van Dam, M., Gormley, W. B., Broekman, M., & Smith, T. R. Defensive medicine among neurosurgeons in the Netherlands: a national survey. Acta neurochirurgica, 2017, 159(12), 2341–2350.
  • 16. Calikoglu, E. O., & Aras, A. (2020). 'Defensive medicine among different surgical disciplines: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 2020, 73, 101970.
  • 17. Plebani M. Defensive medicine and diagnostic testing. Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany), 2014, 1(2), 151–154.
  • 18. Hiyama, T., Yoshihara, M., Tanaka, S., Urabe, Y., Ikegami, Y., Fukuhara, T., & Chayama, K. Defensive medicine practices among gastroenterologists in Japan. World journal of gastroenterology, 2006, 12(47), 7671–7675.
  • 19. Saruhan, N , Altındiş, S , Gojayeva, G . (2018). Diş Hekimliğinde Defansif Tıp Uygulamaları . Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, 2018, 2 (3) , 165-173 .

EVALUATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS' AND RESEARCH ASISSTANTS’ ATTITUDES OF DEFENSIVE DENTISTRY

Year 2022, , 153 - 161, 30.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.956882

Abstract

Objective
The concept of defensive medicine practices can
be described as the physicians primarily aiming to
protect themselves from possible legal actions in
clinical decision processes. At the point reached
today, the increase in legal processes dealing with
health practices causes physicians to use defensive
medical practices more frequently in their clinical
practice. The aim of this study is to investigate the
defensive dentistry attitudes of oral and maxillofacial
surgeons (OMFS) and research assistants and the
factors affecting these attitudes.
Materials and Methods
146 OMFS specialists/research assistants working
in various institutions were contacted between
January-February 2021, and 63 dentists (43.1%),
who responded by filling out the survey and met
the inclusion criteria, were included in the study.
The participants' age, gender, institution or private
establishment where they operate, time spent
in the physician-patient relationship, history of
malpractice lawsuits, thoughts on whether they
will face malpractice lawsuits in the next 10 years,
and their level of knowledge on defensive dentistry
were recorded. Inclusion criteria for the study were
determined as having served at least 1 year in the
field of OMFS and still being in a patient-physician
relationship in this field.
Results
It was concluded that 47.6% of the physicians
participating in the study applied defensive dentistry
at a very high level, 41.3% at a high level, and
11.1% at a moderate level, while the mean defensive
dentistry score was found as 46.25 ±7.42. It has been
determined that the mean defensive dentistry scores
vary depending on the institution, litigation history and
the anticipation of litigation in the next 10 years.
Conclusion
OMFS specialists and research assistants commonly
practice defensive dentistry. On the other hand, it has
been determined that OMFS specialists and research
assistants do not have sufficient knowledge about
the concept of defensive dentistry, therefore we think
that including training on the concept of defensive
dentistry in graduate or post-graduate programs
would be beneficial.

References

  • 1. Agarwal, R., Gupta, A., & Gupta, S. The impact of tort reform on defensive medicine, quality of care, and physician supply: A systematic review. Health services research, 2019, 54(4), 851–859. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13157.
  • 2. Studdert, D. M., Mello, M. M., Sage, W. M., DesRoches, C. M., Peugh, J., Zapert, K., & Brennan, T. A. Defensive medicine among high-risk specialist physicians in a volatile malpractice environment. JAMA, 2005, 293(21), 2609–2617.
  • 3. Raposo V. L. Defensive Medicine and the Imposition of a More Demanding Standard of Care. The Journal of legal medicine, 2019, 39(4), 401–416.
  • 4. Bal B. S. An introduction to medical malpractice in the United States. Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 2009, 467(2), 339–347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0636-2.
  • 5. Jena, A. B., Seabury, S., Lakdawalla, D., & Chandra, A. Malpractice risk according to physician specialty. The New England journal of medicine, 2011, 365(7), 629–636. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa1012370.
  • 6. Roberts B, Hoch I. Malpractice litigation and medical costs in Mississippi. Health Econ. 2007;16:841–859.
  • 7. John R. Clark, Defensive Medicine, Air Medical Journal, Volume 34, Issue 6,2015, Pages 314-316, ISSN 1067-991X.
  • 8. Di Lorenzo, P., Paternoster, M., Nugnes, M., Pantaleo, G., Graziano, V., & Niola, M. Professional dental and oral surgery liability in Italy: a comparative analysis of the insurance products offered to health workers. Open Med (Wars). 2016 Aug 2;11(1):256-263.
  • 9. Hancocks, S. Defensive dentistry. Br Dent J, 2005, 199, 543
  • 10. Başer A,Kolcu M. İ. B,Kolcu G,Tuncer Ö,Altuntaş M,Başer A,Kolcu G. Diş Hekimlerinin Defansif Diş Hekimliği Konusundaki Görüşleri: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma. İzmir Tepecik Eğitim Hastanesi Dergisi, 2014 24(2), 103 - 109.
  • 11. Perea-Pérez, B., Labajo-González, E., Santiago-Sáez, A., Albarrán-Juan, E., & Villa-Vigil, A. Analysis of 415 adverse events in dental practice in Spain from 2000 to 2010. Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2014, 19(5), e500–e505.
  • 12. Resmi Gazete, 21.07.2010 tarih ve 27648 sayılı ‘’Tıbbi kötü uygulamaya ilişkin zorunlu mali sorumluluk sigortasında kurum katkısına ilişkin usul ve esaslara dair tebliğ’’
  • 13. Kim Y. K. Complications and medicolegal problems. Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2014, 40(6), 259.
  • 14. Upadhyay, A., York, S., Macaulay, W., McGrory, B., Robbennolt, J., & Bal, B. S. Medical Malpractice in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 2007, 22(6 SUPPL.), 2-7.e4.
  • 15. Yan, S. C., Hulsbergen, A., Muskens, I. S., van Dam, M., Gormley, W. B., Broekman, M., & Smith, T. R. Defensive medicine among neurosurgeons in the Netherlands: a national survey. Acta neurochirurgica, 2017, 159(12), 2341–2350.
  • 16. Calikoglu, E. O., & Aras, A. (2020). 'Defensive medicine among different surgical disciplines: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 2020, 73, 101970.
  • 17. Plebani M. Defensive medicine and diagnostic testing. Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany), 2014, 1(2), 151–154.
  • 18. Hiyama, T., Yoshihara, M., Tanaka, S., Urabe, Y., Ikegami, Y., Fukuhara, T., & Chayama, K. Defensive medicine practices among gastroenterologists in Japan. World journal of gastroenterology, 2006, 12(47), 7671–7675.
  • 19. Saruhan, N , Altındiş, S , Gojayeva, G . (2018). Diş Hekimliğinde Defansif Tıp Uygulamaları . Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, 2018, 2 (3) , 165-173 .
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Primary Language English
Subjects Dentistry
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Cihan Varol 0000-0003-0367-4855

Yavuz Fındık 0000-0003-3483-3177

Publication Date June 30, 2022
Submission Date June 24, 2021
Acceptance Date August 17, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022

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Vancouver Varol C, Fındık Y. EVALUATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS’ AND RESEARCH ASISSTANTS’ ATTITUDES OF DEFENSIVE DENTISTRY. Med J SDU. 2022;29(2):153-61.

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