Mustafa Mohammed, Asiri Faris Yahya I, AlGhannam Shahad, AlQarni Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, AlAteeg Mohammed Abdullah, Anil Sukumaran
Department of Conservative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam bin AbdulAziz University, AlKharj, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2018 Jan-Feb;8(1):70-76. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_194_17. Epub 2018 Feb 5.
This study aims to evaluate the awareness level of the individuals with hearing and speech impairments (deaf and dumb individuals), in relation to their oral health and dental treatment needs.
The approach of stratified randomization method of sampling was used for the selection of participants. About 240 people with hearing and speech impairments (deaf and dumb) were selected from four cities of Saudi Arabia, which includes AlKharj, Riyadh, Dammam and Abha. A questionnaire of two sections was distributed among the participants for collecting data. A simple descriptive analysis was done, and the data were expressed in terms of frequencies and percentages. Microsoft Excel has been used for compilation of data and execution of graphs. Moreover, the questionnaire data were subject to SPSS data analysis (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0, Armonk, IBM Corp. NY).
Most of the participants were not aware of the importance of oral health. Majority of the participants described that they did not visit qualified dentists in the past and many of them did not know the right way of doing tooth brushing. Hence, deaf and dumb individuals lack basic knowledge about oral health and dental treatment needs.
The study concluded that the awareness level of oral health and dental treatment needs is low among individuals with hearing and speech impairments (deaf and dumb) in Saudi Arabia.
本研究旨在评估听力和言语障碍者（聋哑人）对其口腔健康及牙科治疗需求的认知水平。
采用分层随机抽样方法选取参与者。从沙特阿拉伯的四个城市（包括哈吉尔、利雅得、达曼和阿卜哈）选取了约240名听力和言语障碍者（聋哑人）。向参与者发放了一份包含两个部分的问卷以收集数据。进行了简单的描述性分析，数据以频率和百分比表示。使用Microsoft Excel进行数据汇总和图表制作。此外，问卷数据采用SPSS数据分析（IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows，版本22.0，纽约州阿蒙克市，IBM公司）。
大多数参与者未意识到口腔健康的重要性。大多数参与者表示他们过去没有看过合格的牙医，并且他们中的许多人不知道正确的刷牙方法。因此，聋哑人缺乏关于口腔健康和牙科治疗需求的基本知识。
该研究得出结论，沙特阿拉伯听力和言语障碍者（聋哑人）对口腔健康和牙科治疗需求的认知水平较低。
