El Bcheraoui Charbel, Tuffaha Marwa, Daoud Farah, Kravitz Hannah, AlMazroa Mohammad A, Al Saeedi Mohammad, Memish Ziad A, Basulaiman Mohammed, Al Rabeeah Abdullah A, Mokdad Ali H
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Int Dent J. 2016 Apr;66(2):99-104. doi: 10.1111/idj.12210. Epub 2016 Jan 7.
We conducted a large household survey in 2013 to determine the current status of oral health practices and use of oral health services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
The Saudi Health Information Survey is a national multistage survey of individuals ≥ 15 years of age. We used a backward elimination multivariate logistic regression model to measure the association between having been to a dental clinic during the last year, and sex, age, marital status, education, time since last routine medical examination, history of diagnosis with a cardiovascular chronic condition, brushing or flossing teeth and use of Miswak (a chewing stick).
Between April and June 2013, 10,735 participants completed the survey (89.4% of the households contacted). An estimated 1.5 million (11.5%) and 6.3 million (48.6%) Saudi Arabian people, ≥ 15 years of age, had visited a dental clinic for a routine check-up and for a complaint during the last year, respectively. In total, 16.3%, 85.0% and 52% of Saudi Arabian people never brush their teeth, never floss their teeth or never use Miswak, respectively. The probability of visiting a dental clinic increased with education, among individuals who brushed or flossed their teeth and who used Miswak.
Oral hygiene practices are not common among Saudi Arabian people, and use of health care for prevention of oral disease is limited. Hence, the need for oral health promotion is pressing. The KSA Ministry of Health should develop and implement programmes, through its primary health clinics, to increase the awareness of the importance of good oral health.
2013年我们开展了一项大型家庭调查,以确定沙特阿拉伯王国(KSA)口腔健康行为及口腔健康服务利用的现状。
沙特健康信息调查是一项针对15岁及以上人群的全国性多阶段调查。我们使用向后逐步多元逻辑回归模型来衡量过去一年中去过牙科诊所与性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育程度、上次常规体检以来的时间、心血管慢性病诊断史、刷牙或使用牙线以及使用牙刷棒(一种咀嚼棒)之间的关联。
2013年4月至6月期间,10,735名参与者完成了调查(占所联系家庭的89.4%)。据估计,在过去一年中,分别有150万(11.5%)和630万(48.6%)15岁及以上的沙特阿拉伯人因进行常规检查和投诉而去牙科诊所就诊。总共有16.3%、85.0%和52%的沙特阿拉伯人从不刷牙、从不使用牙线或从不使用牙刷棒。在刷牙或使用牙线以及使用牙刷棒的人群中,去牙科诊所就诊的可能性随着教育程度的提高而增加。
口腔卫生行为在沙特阿拉伯人中并不普遍,利用医疗保健预防口腔疾病的情况有限。因此,迫切需要促进口腔健康。沙特阿拉伯卫生部应通过其初级保健诊所制定并实施相关计划,以提高人们对良好口腔健康重要性的认识。