Albasry Zainab, Alhaddad Bayan, Benrashed Mashael Abdullah, Al-Ansari Asim, Nazir Muhammad Ashraf
College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2019 Dec 10;7(23):4131-4136. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.870. eCollection 2019 Dec 15.
Oral and systemic problems are common among pregnant women. Routine dental visits are important for the maintenance of optimal oral health which is linked with systemic health.
To evaluate dental care utilization and related factors among pregnant women in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in hospitals and healthcare centers in the cities of Khobar, Dammam, and Qatif in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. A piloted tested self-administered questionnaire available in Arabic and English languages was distributed among a calculated sample of 341 pregnant women. Pearson's chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed.
In the study, 270 questionnaires were analyzed giving a response rate of 79.2%. Mean age of the participants was 29 ± 5.9 years. There were 43.7% pregnant women who received dental treatment when they have a dental problem and only 13.7% performed routine dental visit. Half the sample (52.6%) avoided dental visits during pregnancy and dental treatment being unsafe was the most common reason for avoiding dental visits. After adjustment, routine dental visits during pregnancy were 7.38 times higher among Saudis compared with non-Saudis women (p 0.05). The participants who had a negative perception about the safety of dental treatment had significantly lower odds (OR 0.31, p 0.036) of dental attendance for routine dental visits.
Routine dental visits were low among pregnant women and many visited dentists when they had a dental problem. Negative perception about the safety of dental treatment was associated with reduced regular dental visits during pregnancy. Pregnant women should be educated about the importance of receiving dental care for the maintenance of optimal oral health.
口腔和全身问题在孕妇中很常见。常规牙科就诊对于维持与全身健康相关的最佳口腔健康很重要。
评估沙特阿拉伯东部省份孕妇的牙科护理利用情况及相关因素。
这项横断面研究在沙特阿拉伯东部省份胡拜尔、达曼和盖提夫市的医院和医疗中心进行。向经计算的341名孕妇样本发放了一份经过预试验的、有阿拉伯语和英语两种语言的自填式问卷。进行了Pearson卡方检验和多元逻辑回归分析。
在该研究中，分析了270份问卷，回复率为79.2%。参与者的平均年龄为29±5.9岁。有43.7%的孕妇在有牙齿问题时接受了牙科治疗，只有13.7%的人进行了常规牙科就诊。一半的样本（52.6%）在孕期避免牙科就诊，而认为牙科治疗不安全是避免就诊的最常见原因。调整后，沙特女性孕期进行常规牙科就诊的次数是非沙特女性的7.38倍（p<0.05）。对牙科治疗安全性有负面看法的参与者进行常规牙科就诊的几率显著较低（OR 0.31，p<0.036）。
孕妇的常规牙科就诊率较低，许多人在有牙齿问题时才去看牙医。对牙科治疗安全性的负面看法与孕期定期牙科就诊减少有关。应该对孕妇进行教育，使其了解接受牙科护理对维持最佳口腔健康的重要性。
