Chandroth Santhosh Vediyera, Venugopal Harish Kumar Vadakkedath, Puthenveetil Saji, Jayaram Arpitha, Mathews Jacob, Suresh Nandan, Al Kheraif Abdulaziz Abdullah, Ramakrishnaiah Ravikumar, Divakar Darshan Devang, Asawa Kailash, Tak Aniruddh, Tak Mridula
Int Marit Health. 2014;65(4):192-8. doi: 10.5603/IMH.2014.0037.
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions among fishermen population in the coastal region of Kutch, Gujarat, India.
A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions among the 979 fishermen of Kutch District, Gujarat, India. The proforma included information on demographic details, habits (tobacco and alcohol), oral hygiene practices and presence and location of oral mucosal lesions according to World Health Organisation, 2013. Chi-square test was used for comparisons. Confidence level and p-value were set at 95% and 5%, respectively.
The majority of study population consumed tobacco and alcohol (88.1%) in some or the other form and used chewsticks (42.9%) for cleaning their teeth. Amongst all, 30.03% of the study subjects suffered from oral mucosal lesions. Leukoplakia (13.8%) was found to be the most prevalent lesion. The most affected sites were lips and vermillion border. The prevalence of oral mucosal lesions was found to be significantly associated with age, gender, oral hygiene practices and adverse habits.
Oral mucosal lesions were prevalent among 30.03% of the study population. More detailed studies probing this issue should be conducted and efforts should be directed towards primordial prevention of the conditions.
本研究旨在评估印度古吉拉特邦库奇沿海地区渔民群体中口腔黏膜病变的患病率。
开展了一项描述性横断面调查，以评估印度古吉拉特邦库奇区979名渔民中口腔黏膜病变的患病率。该表格包含了根据世界卫生组织2013年标准的人口统计学细节、习惯（烟草和酒精）、口腔卫生习惯以及口腔黏膜病变的存在情况和位置等信息。采用卡方检验进行比较。置信水平和p值分别设定为95%和5%。
大多数研究对象以某种形式消费烟草和酒精（88.1%），并使用嚼棒清洁牙齿（42.9%）。在所有研究对象中，30.03%患有口腔黏膜病变。发现白斑（13.8%）是最常见的病变。受影响最严重的部位是嘴唇和唇红缘。发现口腔黏膜病变的患病率与年龄、性别、口腔卫生习惯和不良习惯显著相关。
30.03%的研究对象中存在口腔黏膜病变。应开展更详细的研究来探究这一问题，并应致力于对这些情况进行初级预防。
