de Jongh A, van Wijk A J, Horstman M, de Baat C
1] Section Behavioural Sciences, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, the Netherlands [2] School of Health Sciences, Salford University, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Section Behavioural Sciences, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Br Dent J. 2014 Feb;216(4):E8. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.101.
To derive an estimate of encounters with halitosis and to assess the impact of halitosis on their psychosocial interactions with halitosis patients.
Participants were 1,006 members of an online panel, being representative of the population of the Netherlands with regard to gender, age, family situation, education level and labour participation. They were invited to participate in a survey using an online questionnaire with four questions on becoming faced with people having halitosis.
Almost 90% of the participants indicated being faced with a person having halitosis regularly, 40% at least once a week, and men significantly more frequently than women. Halitosis was reported to be a strong 'downer' when meeting a person for the first time. Whether one would draw a person's attention to his breath malodour proved to be related to the kind of person involved and appeared to decrease with the increase of the social distance to the person. Drawing a person's attention to his breath malodour would virtually always be performed personally.
Halitosis is considered to be one of the most unattractive aspects of social interactions and has potentially damaging effects on psychosocial interactions and relationships.
估算口臭患者的接触情况，并评估口臭对他们与口臭患者心理社会互动的影响。
参与者为在线小组的1006名成员，在性别、年龄、家庭状况、教育水平和劳动参与方面代表荷兰人口。他们被邀请使用在线问卷参与一项调查，该问卷有四个关于面对有口臭的人的问题。
近90%的参与者表示经常面对有口臭的人，40%的人至少每周一次，男性比女性更频繁。据报告，初次见到一个人时，口臭是一个很大的“扫兴因素”。是否会提醒一个人注意其口气异味与所涉及的人的类型有关，并且似乎随着与该人的社会距离增加而减少。提醒一个人注意其口气异味几乎总是由本人进行。
口臭被认为是社会互动中最不吸引人的方面之一，对心理社会互动和关系有潜在的破坏作用。
