Arrais RIL, de Miranda LAS, Melo QOAC, Dias CR

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Von Willebrand's disease is the most common bleeding disorder, and is still underdiagnosed for several reasons, including lack of knowledge about the disease. Objective: to evaluate the knowledge about dental care for patients with von Willebrand's disease in students who attended the last academic year of an undergraduate dental program. Methods: a questionnaire with objective questions was applied to 87 students in order to obtain data on the following variables of interest: gender, term of the program, knowledge about the disease, knowledge about the involved coagulation factor, tests for diagnosis, signs and symptoms, procedures necessary during patient care, and medications that should be avoided in von Willebrand's disease. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS (21.0) at a significance level of 5 %. Results: only 21 students (21.14 %) reported having some knowledge about von Willebrand's disease: 49.02 % correctly answered that the coagulation factor is involved in von Willebrand's disease, and 29.4 % correctly answered to the question about the diagnostic tests. Conclusions: students attending the final academic year of an undergraduate dental program have limited knowledge about von Willebrand's disease.