Almehmadi Ahmad H, Alzaid Ghada, Quqandi Sarah, Almalki Ghaidaa, Bannan Abraar, AlHindi Areej, Idrees Abdulrahman, Habiballah Anas, Al-Shareef Khalid, Alhazzazi Turki
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2020 Feb 14;18(1):27-34. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a44115.
Diabetes is an ever-growing health issue in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has several oral health implications and oral health in turn affects diabetes control. The primary objective of this research was to study the awareness of the effect of diabetes on oral health among the general population in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A closed-ended, validated questionnaire was distributed to 506 randomly selected shopping-mall-goers. Responses were coded and entered into spreadsheet (SPSS, IBM) and frequency distribution of the responses was calculated.
The majority of the respondents were females (62.5%), non-diabetic (80.2%) and reported a positive family history of diabetes (87.9%). Most of them (63.4%) understood the importance of discussing one's diabetes status with the dentist as it affected the treatment plan, and also knew (84.4%) that diabetes affects oral health in some way. A majority also correctly responded to how diabetes affects oral health (66.3%) and to the sequelae of untreated gum disease (87.2%). The majority of the respondents had not received any tips or information regarding the connection between diabetes and oral health.
This study reported adequate knowledge of the sample with respect to diabetes-related oral health. An important finding of this study was that the majority of the study participants did not receive information leading to diabetes-related oral health awareness or knowledge from anyone, which implies that health professionals and health media do not play the requisite role in dissemination of this important aspect of public health.
糖尿病在沙特阿拉伯王国是一个日益严重的健康问题。它对口腔健康有诸多影响，而口腔健康反过来又会影响糖尿病的控制。本研究的主要目的是调查沙特阿拉伯吉达市普通人群对糖尿病对口腔健康影响的认知情况。
向506名随机挑选的商场顾客发放了一份封闭式的、经过验证的问卷。对回答进行编码并录入电子表格（SPSS，IBM），计算回答的频率分布。
大多数受访者为女性（62.5%），非糖尿病患者（80.2%），且报告有糖尿病家族史阳性（87.9%）。他们中的大多数人（63.4%）明白与牙医讨论自身糖尿病状况对治疗方案的影响，并且也知道（84.4%）糖尿病在某种程度上会影响口腔健康。大多数人还正确回答了糖尿病如何影响口腔健康（66.3%）以及未治疗的牙龈疾病的后果（87.2%）。大多数受访者未收到任何关于糖尿病与口腔健康之间联系的提示或信息。
本研究报告了样本在糖尿病相关口腔健康方面有足够的认知。本研究的一个重要发现是，大多数研究参与者未从任何人那里获得导致糖尿病相关口腔健康意识或知识的信息，这意味着健康专业人员和健康媒体在传播这一重要的公共卫生方面未发挥必要作用。
