Research Article

The Influence of Dentists’ Profile and Health Work Management in the Performance of Brazilian Dental Teams

Table 1

Questions of the independent variables, related to dentists’ profile and health work management of the dental teams, and the possible answers. Brazil, 2013-2014.

Dentists’ profile
1. Does the dentist have graduate studies?
Yes;
No.
2. Does the dentist have master’s degree and/or doctoral studies?
Yes;
No.
3. Does the dentist tutor undergraduate students?
Yes;
No.
4. What was the hiring process of the dentist?
Public tender test;
Other.
5. Which employment bond does the dentist have?
Civil servant;
Other.
6. Who is the dentist’s employer?
Local government direct contract;
Other.
7. How long have the dentist been in the dental team?
Two years or less;
More than three years.
8. Does the dentist have career plan?
Yes;
No/do not know.
9. Does the career plan have progression for time of service?
Yes;
No/do not know.
10. Does the career plan have progression for professional performance?
Yes;
No/do not know.
11. Does the career plan have progression for titles and professional improvement?
Yes;
No/do not know.
12. Does the dentist receive financial incentive for good performance?
Yes;
No.
13. Does the dentist perform continuing professional development training?
Score ranging from 0 to 8 according to the number of the listed activities performed.

Health work management of the dental team
1. Is the PHC unit a trainee field for undergraduate and graduate students?
Yes;
No.
2. Does the dental team have documents proving the monthly planning and scheduling of activities?
Yes;
No.
3. Does the dental team monitor and analyse population’s oral health indicators?
Yes;
No.
4. Does the dental team receive support to plan and organise the labour process?
Yes;
No.
5. Does the dental team have access to data to analyse population’s oral health status?
Yes;
No.
6. Does the dental team have documents proving self-evaluation in the past six months?
Yes;
No.
7. Does the dental team take part in the PHC team meetings?
Always;
Sometimes or never.
8. How is organised the dental appointment list?
Flexible dental appointment list (scheduled and walk in patients);
Restricted dental appointment list (scheduled patients only or walk in patients only).
9. When are the dental appointments scheduled?
At any day and any time;
At fixed days and hours.
10. Can the dental team refer the patients for secondary care?
Yes;
No.
11. How many PHC teams the dental team assist? (one PHC team cover about 3,500 patients)
Score ranging from 1 to 9 according to the number of PHC teams.

Questions obtained from the external evaluation phase of PMAQ-AB programme, for the face-to-face interviews with the dental representative. PHC: primary health care.