From Clinics to Communities: Understanding Public Perceptions of Dental Services in Pakistan
Members of the public with previous experience of using dental services were involved in pretesting of the study questionnaire Pretesting of the survey questionnaire was done in two phases: In the first phase, cognitive interviews were conducted with eight members of the public including four participants each with proficiency in English and Urdu. The purpose of the cognitive interviews was to determine that the participants were able to comprehend all items of the questionnaire accurately. In the second phase the questionnaire was piloted with 15 members of the public who were given a choice to answer the questionnaire in English or Urdu based on their individual preference.
Authors
- Mahwish Raja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8816-6328)
- Mariya Khalid
- Hina Zafar Raja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8998-0636)
- Daniel Zahra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6534-6916)
- Asmaa Alkhtib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6210)
- Asma Shakoor
- A MANSOOR (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8422-3331)
- Saman Hakeem
- Ulfat Bashir
- Maryam Mumtaz
- Kamran Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3122-6729)
- Muhammad Younas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2166-6520)
- Ummara Manzoor
Institutions
- Kohat University of Science and Technology (PK)
- Riphah International University (PK)
- CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (PK)
- Gandhara University (PK)
- Bahria University (PK)
- Qatar University (QA)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Expectations
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70177
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93
Funders
- Qatar National Library