Seenivasan Madhan, Banu Fathima, Inbarajan Athiban, Natarajan Parthasarathy, Natarajan Shanmuganathan, V Anand Kumar, J Karthigeyan
Prosthodontics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, IND.
Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2020 Feb 9;12(2):e6923. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6923.
Purpose The purpose of this study was to establish the level of denture satisfaction with socio-demographic variables and educational status of the patients rehabilitated with complete denture. Materials and method A total number of 250 completely edentulous patients were selected who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients had no past medical history which affects the oral condition; they were first-time denture wearers with period of edentulousness altering between six months to one year and were in the age group of 40-50 years, and were willingly involved in the study. The subjects were grouped according to their socioeconomic status such as employment, education and income level. The correlations were statistically determined using regression analysis. Results Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, Chicago, Illinois, USA), version 16.0. The significance of percentage error of the two groups was tested by Student t test and p value denoted level of significance (p<.05). Based on the education level, 30.47% of the population were under primary level of education, 57.82% completed higher secondary education and 11.72% of the population were graduates. Based on employment status, 53.12% of the population was unemployed, 32.03% were employed while 14.84% of the population were pensioners. Based on income per month, the population was classified as 6.25%, 31.25%, 21.09%, 22.66%, 18.75% for no income, less than 3000, 5000, 8000 and more than 10000 respectively. Psychological comfort, social ability, and functional improvement was better with higher secondary education level, employed and lower income individuals. Conclusion Rehabilitation of an elderly individual not only includes clinician skills but also the personal perception by the patient. The study concludes that the though there was no statistically significant difference, the individual with secondary level of education and with employed low socioeconomic status had better denture satisfaction than the other category.
目的 本研究的目的是确定全口义齿修复患者的义齿满意度水平与社会人口统计学变量及教育状况之间的关系。材料与方法 共选取了250名符合纳入和排除标准的全口无牙患者。这些患者无影响口腔状况的既往病史；他们是初次佩戴义齿者，无牙期在6个月至1年之间，年龄在40 - 50岁之间，且自愿参与本研究。受试者根据其社会经济状况进行分组，如就业情况、教育程度和收入水平。使用回归分析进行相关性的统计学测定。结果 使用美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥市社会科学统计软件包（SPSS，版本16.0）进行统计分析。两组百分比误差的显著性通过学生t检验进行测试，p值表示显著性水平（p <.05）。基于教育水平，30.47%的人群受教育程度在小学以下，57.82%完成了高中教育，11.72%的人群为毕业生。基于就业状况，53.12%的人群失业，32.03%就业，14.84%的人群为退休人员。基于每月收入，人群分别被分类为无收入占6.25%、收入低于3000占31.25%、收入5000占21.09%、收入8000占22.66%、收入超过10000占18.75%。高中教育水平、就业且收入较低的个体在心理舒适度、社交能力和功能改善方面表现更好。结论 老年人的修复不仅包括临床医生的技能，还包括患者的个人认知。研究得出结论，尽管没有统计学上的显著差异，但教育程度为高中且社会经济地位较低且就业的个体比其他类别对义齿的满意度更高。
