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{"title":"Inflammatory and Analgesic Profiles in Intervertebral Disc Herniation: Variability with Respect to Neurological Deficit.","authors":"B Morkoç, O Aktan, H S Solak, E Bodur, J Karakaya, B Kaymak, S Bilgin","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_814_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_814_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Disc herniation is both a mechanical and biochemical process in which contact between intervertebral discs and spinal nerves causes compression, chemical irritation, inflammation, and pain. The inflammatory process is known to vary depending on pain duration, herniation type, and pain severity, but the relationship with neurological deficits remains unknown.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to compare individuals with lumbar disc herniation with and without neurological deficits (WND/WOND) and healthy individuals in terms of serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 4 (IL-4), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), beta-endorphin, anandamide, and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 37 lumbar disc herniation patients WND (22 female, 15 male), 37 patients WOND (22 female, 15 male), and 35 healthy individuals (18 female, 17 male). TNF-α, IL-6, IL-4, IL-1β, beta-endorphin, anandamide, and 2-AG serum levels were analyzed using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no difference in TNF-α levels between the WOND, WND, and control groups (P = 0.383). The WOND and WND groups showed significantly higher expression of IL-1β (P < 0.001) and IL-4 (P = 0.034, P < 0.001) when compared with healthy controls. IL-6 expression was lower in the WND group than in the control group (P < 0.001). Beta-endorphin, anandamide, and 2-AG levels did not differ significantly between the WOND, WND, and control groups (P = 0.888, P = 0.247, P = 0.433, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study is the first to demonstrate the effect of the presence of a neurological deficit on serum biomarker levels in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Even in the presence of neurological deficit, decreased levels of proinflammatory cytokines and increased levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines indicated regression of the disc herniation. These results suggest the need to establish new and improved treatment protocols to target the inflammatory process in individuals with lumbar disc herniation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"393-400"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143973051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Physicians' Knowledge Levels Concerning Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors.","authors":"O Taydas, M T Egici, I Gonenc","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_354_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_354_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The term \"healthy lifestyle behaviors\" (HLBs) refers to a way of living that lowers the risk of being seriously ill or dying early.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess physicians' behaviors concerning healthy lifestyle behaviors.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The cross-sectional study was conducted in the form of a face-to-face survey with physicians actively working at a training and research hospital. Using the simple random sampling method, the minimum number of physicians to be included in the study was calculated as 236. A survey form comprising three parts was used to collect data: a participant information form, the Periodic Health Examinations and Screening Tests Behavior Questionnaire, and the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP). The lowest obtainable score on the HPLP scale is 52, while the highest score is 208.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the physicians participating in the study was 30.14 ± 4.81 years. Of the participants, 62.7% (n = 165) were women. The mean score of the study participants was 128.03 ± 19.4. The mean scores on the dimensions of the HPLP were 20.71 ± 4.12 for nutrition, 17.99 ± 4.77 for physical activity, 19.28 ± 3.75 for stress management, 25.19 ± 4.01 for interpersonal relations, 21.08 ± 4.26 for health responsibility, and 23.77 ± 4.49 for spiritual growth.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Physicians who participated in the study had a low HPLP score, despite the expectation that they should be more sensitive and serve as role models in adopting healthy living since they provide related recommendations to their patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"401-408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Turkish Version of the Tonsil and Adenoid Health Status Instrument.","authors":"Y Gündoğdu, A C Yumuşakhuylu, O Asya, J Mamadlı, Ç Oysu","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_679_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_679_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tonsil and Adenoid Health Status Instrument (TAHSI) is a powerful, validated, and disease specific assessment tool for adenotonsillectomy. Adenotonsillectomy rates show geographic variation. In addition, healthcare utilization and patient behaviors are very different among countries. Therefore, validation and cross cultural adaptation of TAHSI is required.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This paper aimed to validate the cross cultural adapted version of the TAHSI. Methods: This single center prospective study included 129 patients who had undergone adenotonsillectomy or tonsillectomy and 98 healthy children in a single institution between January 2018 and June 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>T TAHSI and all eight subscales' total scores were higher in the patient group compared to the healthy group. In addition, the difference in T TAHSI scores before and after surgery was significant. After surgical intervention, a substantial decrease in the T TAHSI score was observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>T TAHSI is a dependable and thoroughly validated tool, adapted for use across various cultures. It serves as a powerful tool for medical professionals, particularly for assessing the outcomes of surgical procedures in adenotonsillar disease. T TAHSI is instrumental in determining the success of surgical treatments. Additionally, elevated scores on this tool should signal to clinicians the potential need for surgical intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"313-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Serum and Saliva Biomolecules in Periodontitis Patients with and without Alzheimer's Disease.","authors":"D Öztürk, I Midi, M Alaylıoğlu, E N Tuncer, D Gezen-Ak, E Dursun, B Doğan","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_254_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_254_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alzheimer's disease (AD) and periodontitis are linked to a systemic pro-inflammatory state, potentially influencing the progression of one another.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aims to evaluate serum and salivary IL-10, IL-18, and resistin levels between periodontitis patients with and without AD.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Forty-three periodontitis patients with AD (mild or moderate), 40 without AD were included in the study. To determine the cognitive status Mini-Mental State-Examination (MMSE) test was used. Samples of blood and saliva were collected a day after measurement of periodontal parameters. ELISA method was used to analyze IL-10, IL-18, and resistin levels both in serum and saliva samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No difference was detected regarding clinical periodontal parameters across both groups (P > 0.05). The periodontitis patients with AD had elevated serum IL-18 levels compared to those without AD (P < 0.05). In the AD group, salivary resistin levels were higher in severe periodontitis patients than in moderate ones (P < 0.01). Furthermore, MMSE score was correlated negatively with serum levels of IL-18 (P < 0.05), and salivary levels of resistin positively with gingival index, bleeding on probing, and probing depth (P < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study confirms the possible role of serum IL-18 in the inflammatory process of AD. Additionally, the present relationship between salivary resistin levels and the severity of periodontitis in AD patients needs further investigation to fully understand the implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"409-416"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143973122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cardiovascular Changes due to Antipsychotic Agents among First Episode Patients with Schizophrenia.","authors":"T O Iyidobi, T C Iyidobi, A C Ndukuba, K U Amadi, P C Odinka, R C Muomah, S Ghasi","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_609_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_609_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Antipsychotic medications increase cardiovascular diseases beyond schizophrenia. This effect is worsened by the kind of antipsychotics used.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine the cardiovascular changes due to antipsychotics in schizophrenic patients in tertiary hospitals in Enugu State, Nigeria.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This was a prospective analytical study of 64 schizophrenic in-patients screened using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Data were collected with a designed questionnaire and proforma of cardiovascular indices assessed at baseline, 1 and 3 months visits. (test of significance was set at 0.05).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of participants was 32.41 ± 7.33 years. Three-quarter, 78.1% of the participants were on atypical antipsychotics. There are significant increase in mean differences of Blood Pressure and Electrocardiogram changes from baseline to 3 months following initiation of antipsychotics; SBP (117.96 ± 8.00 to 129.31 ± 13.54, F = 34.03, P < 0.001), QRS duration (105.14 ± 34.40 to 111.87 ± 37.24, F = 21.7. P < 0.001) and PR interval (155.84 ± 24.27 to 165.85 ± 27.71, F = 74.25, P < 0.001). The differences in type of antipsychotics (typical > atypical) had a greater significant effect on the mean SBP (T - test = 2.27, P = 0.02) and mean P-wave axis (T - test = 2.60, P = 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Antipsychotics increased cardiovascular indices post baseline. The typical antipsychotics significantly increased the SBP and P-wave axis of ECG compared to the atypical antipsychotics. Atypical antipsychotics and regular cardiovascular indices monitoring is advocated.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"280-286"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Adding G-CSF to the Induction Therapy of Patients with AML Being Treated with the 7+3 Protocol: A Retrospective Comparative Study.","authors":"A Eser, O Kara","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_607_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_607_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although some new treatment protocols have been developed, 7+3 chemotherapy is still the most widely used treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) induction therapy. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a widely used treatment modality for myelosuppression after chemotherapy as it accelerates myeloid healing and reduces the incidence and severity of fever and infections. Most current guidelines recommend primary G-CSF prophylaxis in solid cancer patients with a risk of ≥20% febrile neutropenia. However, the use of G-CSF in the induction treatment of AML is controversial as it increases the proliferation of leukemic blasts in vitro.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study was to investigate the effects of G-CSF use in AML induction therapy on survival.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study group included 36 patients over the age of 18 with bone marrow blast rate >20% who were diagnosed with AML [M0-M5 according to FAB (French-American-British) classification] using diagnostic tests, such as flow cytometry and bone marrow biopsy between 2016 and 2020. Eighteen of these patients were from a center that employed prophylactic G-CSF during induction therapy, and the remaining 18 patients were from another center that did not employ prophylactic G-CSF during induction therapy. The characteristics of the patients were reviewed retrospectively from their files. The induction therapy used was 7+3 (7-day cytarabine +3-day idarubicin) chemotherapy regimen.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Although not reaching statistically significant levels, the use of G-CSF in AML induction therapy was found to provide both OS and PFS advantages. In addition, patients who used G-SF had statistically significantly fewer intensive care unit (ICU) stays than those who did not use it.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although the use of G-CSF in induction therapy of AML patients did not significantly increase survival rates, it caused a statistically significant decrease in the need for intensive care. However, larger-scale studies with longer follow-up periods are needed to confirm the results of this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"325-330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144035067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urinary Stone Disease in Southeast Nigeria: Current Trends in Prevalence and Distribution.","authors":"O M Mbadiwe, A C Onuh, S K Anyimba, O C Amu, I I Nnabugwu","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_311_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_311_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prevalence of urolithiasis is increasing globally with higher rates noted in the Western world. This rising trend has also been reported in Asia and Africa. The rise in Africa has been attributed to global climate change and growing socioeconomic status. However, epidemiological studies on urolithiasis are limited in our setting.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of urolithiasis and generate data in this regard.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective study carried out between January 2015 and March 2024. The medical records of patients who had abdominopelvic computerized tomography (CT) scans for either urological or nonurological conditions were retrieved for this study. The age, gender, presenting symptom, anatomic site, and dimension of the identified stone were recorded. Analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The records of 2478 subjects were retrieved for this study. A total number of 356 subjects had urolithiasis, which gave a prevalence of 14.4%. The mean age of the subjects was 50.0 ± 15.0 years. The number of male subjects was 207 (58.1%) while that of female subjects was 149 (41.9%) with a male to female ratio of 1.4:1. The most common symptom the subjects experienced was flank pain (42.4%), while the most common location of the stone was in the right kidney (46%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The prevalence of urinary stone disease in our environment is rising. This could pose both health and economic challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"320-324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144002558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Study of Preprocedure and Real-Time Ultrasound-guided Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia in Obese Patients.","authors":"R Anand, G K Ram, A Kumar, M Kumar, A Aman, B Naskar","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_371_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_371_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is a great challenge to perform regional anesthesia in obese patients. In general, combined spinal epidural (CSE) anesthesia is performed blindly using the surface landmark of the midline approach. Obesity masks the surface landmark and makes the procedure difficult.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to compare the efficacy and ease of the real-time ultrasound (USG)-guided CSE (RUC) and preprocedure USG-guided CSE (PUC) approach in obese patients.</p><p><strong>Settings and design: </strong>This prospective randomized intervention study was conducted at a tertiary care center.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighty patients with the American Society of Anaesthesiologists Grade II and III and a body mass index >30 kg.m -2 were included in the study, and randomly, they were assigned into two groups: PUC and RUC groups. The main focus of the study was on the initial effort to position an epidural catheter and administer a subarachnoid block effectively. The secondary outcomes included the number of attempts, the number of passes made, the time needed to identify the epidural space (measured in seconds), and the time it took to place the epidural catheter (measured in seconds) successfully.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 80 patients, 77 patients were randomly allocated between two groups for the final analysis. The PUC group received 39, and the RUC group received 38 patients. The median number of attempts was 4 [interquartile range (IQR) 2-4] and 2 (IQR 1-2), respectively, in the PUC and RUC groups (P < 0.001). Compared to the PUC group, the RUC group showed a statistically significant reduction in the median number of passes, the time taken for space identification, and the time required for successful epidural catheter placement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the comparison between the PUC and RUC groups, the PUC group demonstrated significantly longer durations for space identification, required more attempts, had a greater number of passes, and exhibited a prolonged time for successful epidural catheter placement.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"273-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144013410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychological Effects of Earthquake on Health Professionals: Investigation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Factors1The first results of this study were presented as an oral presentation at the \"Istanbul International Congress of Contemporary Scientific Research-VI\".","authors":"S Deniz, F İnceoğlu, M Koca","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_538_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_538_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Earthquake is characterized as an event that can cause trauma. Earthquake Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is expressed as a disorder that basically causes intense anxiety in the individual and seriously impairs the functioning of the individual when the individual witnesses events such as death or serious injury.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among health professionals after the earthquake.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was conducted on healthcare workers working at Malatya Training and Research Hospital after the February 2023 earthquakes. In the analyses conducted with SEM, the sample size is required to be 200 or more. Accordingly, 379 participants were recruited for the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall mean score of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale was calculated as 44.48, and the mean score of the Impact of Events Scale was calculated as 49.76. Re-experiencing scores had statistically significant effects on hyper arousal (β1 = 0.808; P = 0.001), negative changes (β1 = 0.651; P = 0.001), and avoidance (β1 = 0.767; P = 0.001) scores. Avoidance scores had a statistically significant effect only on the negative changes score (β1 = 0.149; P = 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>As a result of the research, the prevalence of long-term PTSD among healthcare workers living in the earthquake zone was determined as 46.7%. This result revealed that the effects of PTSD were widely seen even approximately 1.5 years after the earthquake disaster. It has been found that the recollection of events due to sudden trauma experienced by individuals affects post-traumatic stress disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"305-312"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parents' Gender Preferences for Dentists in Different Procedures for Themselves and their Children.","authors":"G B Senirkentli, D S Uyar, Y Turan, B M Özgül, R E Tirali, E Çakmak","doi":"10.4103/njcp.njcp_681_24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_681_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient preferences, especially physician gender, may vary with different types of treatment decisions. While past research has explored gender preferences in health care providers, there is a gap regarding dentists.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to fill this gap by investigating whether parents have gender preferences for their own and their children's dentists and the reasons behind those preferences. Understanding these preferences can improve treatment success and patient‒dentist relationships.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 292 parents who attended the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at Baskent University between 2019 and 2020. A questionnaire was given to the parents of the patients with their consent. The demographic data of the patients and parents were also examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 292 parents who agreed to participate were included in the study. The majority of parents stated that they do not have a preference for the gender of the dentist for different treatments or procedures, whether for themselves or their children.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most of the surveyed parents did not have strong preferences for the gender of their dentists for dental procedures, but there were subtle variations in their responses. Further research into the reasons behind these preferences could improve the parent‒dentist relationship, creating a better environment for the child.</p>","PeriodicalId":19431,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice","volume":"28 3","pages":"373-377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}