阿巴拉契亚-西弗吉尼亚州儿童的口腔健康信息：横断面分析
Oral health information for Appalachia-West Virginia children: a cross-sectional analysis.
作者信息
Wiener R Constance, Shockey Alcinda Trickett, Wiener-Pla Regina
机构信息
Dental Practice and Rural Health, School of Dentistry; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Department of Periodontics; Division of Dental Hygiene, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
出版信息
Research (Lambertville). 2014;1. doi: 10.13070/rs.en.1.993.
INTRODUCTION
Time demands often impact the presentation of heath related educational material/information in rural dental practices. The purpose of this study was to determine if parents/guardians were receiving information with respect to a child's dental needs, and if there were a relationship between the delivery of the information and the utilization of dental servicesin Appalachia-West Virginia.
METHODS
A survey was presented to parents/guardians of Appalachia-West Virginia children [n=62] regarding dental information provided by their dentist/dental hygienist. The data were analyzed with Chi-square, and logistic regression.
RESULTS
Summative score of the questions on the survey (Adjusted odds ratio=6.2 [95% CI=1.1, 35.4]; p=0.057), and parental education (p=0.057) remained associated in a logistic regression with a child having had a dental visit within the previous year.
CONCLUSIONS
Exposure of parents to dentally related educational material/information provided by a dentist/dental hygienist was independently associated with dental visits. The implication is that there remains a need for dental professionals to actively educate their patients.
引言
时间需求常常影响农村牙科诊所中与健康相关的教育材料/信息的呈现。本研究的目的是确定父母/监护人是否收到有关孩子牙齿需求的信息，以及在西弗吉尼亚州阿巴拉契亚地区，信息传递与牙科服务利用之间是否存在关联。
方法
针对西弗吉尼亚州阿巴拉契亚地区儿童的父母/监护人（n = 62）进行了一项关于其牙医/口腔保健员提供的牙齿信息的调查。数据采用卡方检验和逻辑回归进行分析。
结果
调查问题的汇总得分（调整优势比 = 6.2 [95%置信区间 = 1.1, 35.4]；p = 0.057）以及父母教育程度（p = 0.057）在逻辑回归中仍与孩子在前一年进行过牙科就诊相关。
结论
父母接触牙医/口腔保健员提供的与牙齿相关的教育材料/信息与牙科就诊独立相关。这意味着牙科专业人员仍有必要积极对患者进行教育。
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