Patient satisfaction assessment in comprehensive dental clinic at pará federal university, school of dentistry

Neste estudo foi avaliada a satisfação dos pacientes atendidos na Clínica Integrada do Curso de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Pará (CICOUFPA), através de uma amostra aleatória simples de 200 usuários dos 600 inscritos, atendidos nos meses de Maio e Junho de 2002. Para esta pesquisa foi aplicado um questionário com 19 questões fechadas e 01 aberta, e os dados coletados foram submetidos a análise estatística utilizando-se o software Epi. Info. 604.d. com um nível de significância de 5% (P<0,05). Os resultados indicaram que 66% dos pacientes da CICOUFPA não sentiram dor e 46% não tiveram medo, 87% procuraram para tratamento especializado, 83% receberam informações sobre tratamentos curativos e 68% sobre procedimentos preventivos, a avaliação do atendimento pelo aluno e professor, mereceu uma aprovação de 98%, sendo que 97.5% dos alunos e 62.5% dos professores estavam vestidos adequadamente, as recomendações sobre as melhorias foram relacionadas com a infra-estrutura e o serviço de triagem, 98% dos pacientes recomendariam o serviço, a nota média foi de 8.33, e a avaliação do ambiente de trabalho obteve uma aprovação de 95% dos pacientes. Portanto os pacientes estão satisfeitos com o ambiente físico da CICOUFPA, acreditam na competência dos alunos e professores e indicariam o serviço para outras pessoas.This study assessed the patient satisfaction in Comprehensive Dental Clinic at Pará Federal University, school of Dentistry, through two hundreds (200) patients amount, into a group of six hundreds (600) patients registrations, that were seen between May and June, 2002. A questionary was used with nineteen (19) closed questions and one open question. The values were found by statistical analyses using the software Epi Info 604.d at 5% of significance (p< 0,05). The results showed that 98% of the patients seen in this work were satisfied with the methods used in the clinic of the school; the medium grade was 8,33; the work environment had an approvable of 95%,but 87% of all the patients had gone to the dental clinic just for an specialized treatment, not for an comprehensive one. 94% of the students and teachers approved the treatment too, and the recomendations for a better work were about the clinic structure and triage service in the School of Dentistry of Pará Federal University

Dental Caries Prevalence in the Children of the District of Mosqueiro in the City of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil

Objective: The study had the objective to check the dental caries prevalence in the children attend by the communitarian agents of health of the Program Health of the Family of the District of Mosqueiro, City of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil, with the purpose of subsidizing the projection of the actions of promotion, prevention and treatment of the staff of oral health. Method: 887 children were examined in the age groups from 18 to 36 months, 5 years and 12 years of age in accordance with the standards recommended by the WHO, checking the events of the caries in the studied population. Results: The caries prevalence in the population of the district of Mosqueiro to 18-36 months of age was 31.68%, progressing in spite of passing the ages, brought near attacking 63.69% of the 12-year-old children. The decayed, to be extracted, filled index (DEF index) to five years found in Mosqueiro went of 3.57 and the decayed, missing, filled index (DMF index) to 12 years went of 1,80. Regarding the marks proposed by the World Health Organization for the year of 2000, the reached only one was in the age of 12-year-old children, in which the DMF index of 1,80 was less than three. Conclusion: The caries prevalence in the population of Mosqueiro is due to implement effective actions for the control of the disease in this territory