Hongal S, Torwane Na, Chandrashekhar Br, Saxena V, Chavan Kr
Department of Public Health Dentistry, People's Dental Academy, People's University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep University, Vadodara, Gujrat, India.
Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2014 Nov;4(6):943-8. doi: 10.4103/2141-9248.144921.
Eunuchs are considered as the most vulnerable, frustrated, and insecure community. The accessibility to medical and dental facilities for the eunuchs is nearly nonexistent. Due to these reasons, they might be at a high risk of developing severe dental problems like tooth loss.
The present cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs among eunuchs residing in Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh, India.
On the basis of convenient nonprobability snowball sampling technique, all the self-identified eunuchs residing in the city of Bhopal along with a matched control consisting of cross section of the general population residing in the same locality was examined to evaluate the prosthetic status and prosthetic needs of the population. All the obtained data were entered into a personal computer on Microsoft excel sheet and analyzed using the software; Statistical Package for Social Science version 20. Data comparison was done by applying Chi-square test.
A total of 639 subjects comprised of 207 eunuchs, 218 males and 214 females. Among all participants, 2.8% (18/639) were having prosthesis. The overall prosthetic status among males was 3.2% (7/218) followed by 2.9% (6/207) eunuchs and 2.3% (5/214) females. However, need for multi-unit and combination of one and more unit prosthesis for upper and lower jaws was higher in males compared to females and eunuchs, but the difference was not statistically significant.
The findings of this study clearly demonstrate a high unmet need for prosthetic care among the population surveyed.
阉人被认为是最脆弱、沮丧且缺乏安全感的群体。阉人几乎无法获得医疗和牙科设施。由于这些原因，他们可能面临患严重牙齿问题如牙齿脱落的高风险。
本横断面研究旨在评估居住在印度中央邦博帕尔市的阉人的义齿修复状况和修复需求。
基于方便的非概率雪球抽样技术，对所有居住在博帕尔市且自我认定为阉人的群体以及由居住在同一地区的普通人群横断面组成的匹配对照组进行检查，以评估该人群的修复状况和修复需求。所有获得的数据录入到微软Excel工作表中的个人电脑，并使用社会科学统计软件包第20版进行分析。通过卡方检验进行数据比较。
共有639名受试者，包括207名阉人、218名男性和214名女性。在所有参与者中，2.8%（18/639）佩戴有义齿。男性的总体修复状况为3.2%（7/218），其次是阉人为2.9%（6/207），女性为2.3%（5/214）。然而，与女性和阉人相比，男性对上颌和下颌多单位义齿以及一个或多个单位义齿组合的需求更高，但差异无统计学意义。
本研究结果清楚地表明，在接受调查的人群中，义齿修复护理的需求远未得到满足。
