Kakatkar G, Bhat N, Nagarajappa R, Prasad V, Sharda A, Asawa K, Agrawal A
Postgraduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Debari, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
J Dent (Tehran). 2011 Spring;8(2):81-9. Epub 2011 Jun 30.
Regular home care and yearly dental check-ups are the best means of dental care. In spite of the information on dental care, many people fail to take these precautions. The objective of this study was to determine the barriers in regular dental care and home care and to assess their association with age, sex, education and income.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 427 randomly selected individuals, 248 males and 179 females. Data were collected by a pre-tested, self-administered 14 question questionnaire. The answer "very much" was scored as one, "to some degree" as two and "not at all" as three. The data was described and analyzed by frequency distribution and chi square test with P<0.05 level of significance. Logistic regression was used to investigate the association between dental visits with age, sex and education. Correlation between income and dental visits was determined by Spearman's correlation coefficient.
The male group had more dental visits (P>0.05), but females experienced higher dental fear (P<0.001). The younger age group had more visits within one year in comparison to the older. Increase in education, decreases the barriers for regular dental care. Income had a significantly negative correlation with dental visit (P=0.02).
Our findings suggest that males believed in having regular dental care. Cost of the treatment also affected the dental visits, but the distance they had to travel to get the dental treatment was not much significant. Above all, felt need had a major impact on the dental visits.
定期家庭护理和每年进行牙齿检查是牙齿护理的最佳方式。尽管有关于牙齿护理的信息，但许多人仍未采取这些预防措施。本研究的目的是确定定期牙齿护理和家庭护理中的障碍，并评估它们与年龄、性别、教育程度和收入的关联。
对427名随机选择的个体进行了横断面调查，其中男性248名，女性179名。通过一份经过预测试的、自我填写的14个问题的问卷收集数据。答案“非常”计为1分，“在某种程度上”计为2分，“完全没有”计为3分。数据通过频率分布和卡方检验进行描述和分析，显著性水平为P<0.05。使用逻辑回归研究看牙次数与年龄、性别和教育程度之间的关联。收入与看牙次数之间的相关性通过斯皮尔曼相关系数确定。
男性组看牙次数更多（P>0.05），但女性的牙齿恐惧程度更高（P<0.001）。与年龄较大的组相比，年龄较小的组在一年内看牙次数更多。教育程度的提高会降低定期牙齿护理的障碍。收入与看牙次数呈显著负相关（P=0.02）。
我们的研究结果表明，男性更相信进行定期牙齿护理。治疗费用也影响看牙次数，但他们去看牙所需的行程距离影响不大。最重要的是，感觉有需要对看牙次数有重大影响。
