TY - JOUR
T1 - Domestic Violence against Women Detected and Managed in Dental Practice
T2 - a Systematic Review
AU - de Jesus Santos Nascimento, Cláudio Tarso
AU - de Oliveira, Murilo Navarro
AU - Vidigal, Maria Tereza Campos
AU - Inocêncio, Gabriel Santiago Giuglio
AU - de Andrade Vieira, Walbert
AU - Franco, Ademir
AU - Ferreira, Meire Coelho
AU - Paranhos, Luiz Renato
N1 - This study was partially financed by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Brazil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. We also appreciate the support of the Council for Scientific and Technological Development – Brazil (CNPq) - Finance Code 307808/2018-1.
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PY - 2022/1/6
Y1 - 2022/1/6
N2 - This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of dental care professionals to identify and manage clinical situations that indicate violence against women. PRISMA guidelines were followed and a systematic review protocol was registered in PROSPERO. The systematic search was designed based on the PICo strategy. Six databases were used as primary research sources (PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, SciELO, Web of Science, and Embase). Three databases (OpenGrey, OpenThesis, and OATD) were used to detect the "grey literature". Observational studies (cross-sectional, cohort, or case-control) were included, and there were no restrictions of year or language of publication. Two authors selected and extracted the data from the eligible studies. The risk of bias was assessed with the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist. The search resulted in 10,115 studies. Eleven met the eligibility criteria and were included in the qualitative synthesis. The studies were published from 1994 to 2018. All studies presented low risk of bias. Among the dental care professionals, only 1-7.1% of the dentists included injury search and examination of their patients for signs of violence. Less than 47% of the professionals had knowledge to identify violence injuries. When it comes to knowledge to identify signs of domestic violence, positive answers were below 24%. Considering all the variables assessed in this study, dental care professionals presented deficiencies regarding the knowledge and management of situations of domestic violence against women. Educational strategies are necessary to prepare dental care professional to identify and report suspicious cases.
AB - This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of dental care professionals to identify and manage clinical situations that indicate violence against women. PRISMA guidelines were followed and a systematic review protocol was registered in PROSPERO. The systematic search was designed based on the PICo strategy. Six databases were used as primary research sources (PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, SciELO, Web of Science, and Embase). Three databases (OpenGrey, OpenThesis, and OATD) were used to detect the "grey literature". Observational studies (cross-sectional, cohort, or case-control) were included, and there were no restrictions of year or language of publication. Two authors selected and extracted the data from the eligible studies. The risk of bias was assessed with the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist. The search resulted in 10,115 studies. Eleven met the eligibility criteria and were included in the qualitative synthesis. The studies were published from 1994 to 2018. All studies presented low risk of bias. Among the dental care professionals, only 1-7.1% of the dentists included injury search and examination of their patients for signs of violence. Less than 47% of the professionals had knowledge to identify violence injuries. When it comes to knowledge to identify signs of domestic violence, positive answers were below 24%. Considering all the variables assessed in this study, dental care professionals presented deficiencies regarding the knowledge and management of situations of domestic violence against women. Educational strategies are necessary to prepare dental care professional to identify and report suspicious cases.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Forensic dentistry
KW - Intimate partner violence
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U2 - 10.1007/s10896-021-00351-9
DO - 10.1007/s10896-021-00351-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35013643
SN - 0885-7482
JO - Journal of Family Violence
JF - Journal of Family Violence
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