Percepción sobre la humanización en la atención odontológica de los de estudiantes de odontología de la Universidad Santo Tomás en 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Humanized care involves the affective and moral attitude that is had at the time of patient care, to meet their expectations. Health training entities have a challenge in the formation of humanized values given to their students. Objectives: To determine the perception of the humanized treatment that students have in patient care at the Santo Tomás University clinics during the year 2021. Materials and Methods: An observational, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, classified as risk-free research according to resolution 8430 of 1993. Students from the Santo Tomás University of the Faculty of Dentistry from VII to X semester were included. By means of an online survey designed in Google Forms, sociodemographic information was collected and that referring to the humanized perception by the students. Absolute and relative frequency measurements were applied to describe qualitative variables. The median/mean and standard deviation/interquartile range were used to describe quantitative variables such as age and the humanization perception score. Statistical analysis was performed in Stata MP version 14.0. Results: A total of 113 students from VII to X semester participated in the study with a median age of 22 years, 75.6% were women, 38.7% from stratum 4. 33.3% of the participants were studying seventh semester and 59% of students had already studied Bioethics II. The results of the humanized perception that the students have are High, with attitude being the most favored with a median of 37.2, while locatives and technology were the most disadvantaged with a median of 11.13. Conclusions: The students present high values of humanization in the categories of attitude, attention and information and a lower one in locatives and technology.