Nath Bhola, Gupta Shiv D, Kumari Ranjeeta
Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
Department of Epidemiology, IIHMR, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2020 Jul-Aug;31(4):546-549. doi: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_346_19.
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder, which affects almost all parts of body. Dental problems remain neglected among diabetics which could have negative impact on health and if untreated could lead to financial loss in treatment of diseases.
To compare the risk, quality of life (QOL), and direct cost of dental problems between cases and controls.
A hospital-based case control study in a tertiary care hospital of Uttarakhand, India.
The risk of comorbidities of dental problem was 1.8 times higher as compared with controls. Twenty-six percent of cases were found to be suffering from one or the other type of dental problems as compared with 16.4% among controls. The direct cost expenditure among cases was significantly higher as compared with controls.
The QOL scores and the cost of treatment obtained could be an overestimate as some of the participants with dental problems also had comorbidities related to other systems of the body.
The risk of dental problems and the direct cost was reported to be significantly higher among cases as compared with controls.
糖尿病是一种代谢紊乱疾病，几乎会影响身体的所有部位。糖尿病患者的牙齿问题一直被忽视，这可能对健康产生负面影响，若不治疗可能会导致疾病治疗费用增加。
比较病例组和对照组牙齿问题的风险、生活质量（QOL）及直接成本。
在印度北阿坎德邦一家三级护理医院开展一项基于医院的病例对照研究。
与对照组相比，牙齿问题合并症的风险高1.8倍。26%的病例被发现患有某种类型的牙齿问题，而对照组为16.4%。病例组的直接成本支出显著高于对照组。
由于一些有牙齿问题的参与者也患有与身体其他系统相关的合并症，所获得的生活质量评分和治疗成本可能被高估。
据报道，与对照组相比，病例组牙齿问题的风险和直接成本显著更高。
