Torwane Nilesh Arjun, Hongal Sudhir, Goel Pankaj, Chandrashekar Byarakele, Saxena Vrinda
Post Graduate Student, People's Dental Academy, People's University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2015 Jan-Mar;59(1):24-9. doi: 10.4103/0019-557X.152851.
The present cross-sectional study following the STROBE guidelines was conducted to assess the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions among males, females, and eunuchs residing in Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh India.
Based on convenient non-probability snowball sampling technique, all the self-identified eunuchs residing in the city of Bhopal who were present at the time of examination and who fulfilled the selection criteria were examined. A cross section of the general population (males and females) residing in the same locality where these eunuchs live was also examined. The World Health Organization (WHO) oral health assessment proforma (1997) was used to collect the information on oral mucosal lesions. All the obtained data were analyzed by using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.
Overall prevalence of oral mucosal lesions was 127 (19.9%) among the study subjects. Fifty-nine (28.5%) eunuchs, 56 (25.7%) males, and 12 (5.6%) females were observed to have some oral mucosal lesions. Oral submucous fibrosis (6.4%), leukoplakia (5.5%), and traumatic ulceration (4.2%) were the major oral mucosal conditions observed.
The information presented in this study adds to our understanding of the common oral mucosal lesions occurring in the eunuch population. Efforts to increase patient awareness of the oral effects of tobacco use and to eliminate the habit are needed to improve the oral and general health of eunuchs.
本横断面研究遵循STROBE指南，旨在评估居住在印度中央邦博帕尔市的男性、女性和阉人中口腔黏膜病变的患病率。
基于方便的非概率滚雪球抽样技术，对所有居住在博帕尔市、在检查时在场且符合入选标准的自我认定阉人进行检查。同时也对居住在这些阉人所在同一地区的普通人群（男性和女性）进行了横断面检查。采用世界卫生组织（WHO）口腔健康评估表（1997年版）收集口腔黏膜病变信息。所有获得的数据均使用社会科学统计软件包第20版进行分析。
研究对象中口腔黏膜病变的总体患病率为127例（19.9%）。观察到59例（28.5%）阉人、56例（25.7%）男性和12例（5.6%）女性有一些口腔黏膜病变。观察到的主要口腔黏膜疾病为口腔黏膜下纤维化（6.4%）、白斑（5.5%）和创伤性溃疡（4.2%）。
本研究提供的信息增进了我们对阉人群体中常见口腔黏膜病变的了解。需要努力提高患者对吸烟对口腔影响的认识并消除吸烟习惯，以改善阉人的口腔和整体健康状况。
