Alalshaikh Marwa, Alsheikh Rasha, Alfaraj Amal, Al-Khalifa Khalifa S
Periodontics Fellowship Program, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Restorative Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Dent. 2022 Oct 3;2022:8586882. doi: 10.1155/2022/8586882. eCollection 2022.
In Saudi Arabia, there are many people with disabilities that do not receive adequate healthcare, especially in the field of dentistry.
This study focused on assessing caregivers' perception of the relationship between oral healthcare and the overall health status of individuals with special healthcare needs (SHCN) in Qatif, Saudi Arabia. . This cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire that was divided into two sections. The first part included demographic information such as the age and gender of both the caregiver and the person with a disability and the type of disability. The second part investigated the systemic health of the individual with a disability and the caregivers' perception of the relationship between the management and treatment of systemic health and oral healthcare in relation to the overall health status. The results of descriptive analyses were summarized using frequency distribution tables. Bivariate analyses (chi-square test) were also performed. Significant differences were considered at a value of 0.05. . Initiated in school setting.
A total of 186 caregivers participated in the study. As much as 83.3% agree that oral health affects overall health, and 48.9% agreed that untreated dental problems could affect cardiac health. Age was the only factor found to be significantly associated with caregiver perception as younger caregivers were more likely to rightly understand the relationship between oral health and general health ( < 0.05).
This study has shown the extent to which caregivers of individuals with special care needs to understand the role of oral health in the general health of an individual. Three-quarters of the caregivers agree that dental health affects overall health, and age is a factor that might influence this understanding.
在沙特阿拉伯，有许多残疾人无法获得足够的医疗保健，尤其是在牙科领域。
本研究重点评估沙特阿拉伯盖提夫地区照顾者对特殊医疗需求者（SHCN）口腔保健与整体健康状况之间关系的看法。 这项横断面研究使用了一份分为两部分的问卷进行。第一部分包括人口统计学信息，如照顾者和残疾人的年龄、性别以及残疾类型。第二部分调查了残疾人的全身健康状况以及照顾者对全身健康管理和治疗与口腔保健在整体健康状况方面关系的看法。描述性分析的结果使用频率分布表进行总结。还进行了双变量分析（卡方检验）。显著性差异以0.05的值来判定。 在学校环境中启动。
共有186名照顾者参与了该研究。多达83.3%的人同意口腔健康会影响整体健康，48.9%的人同意未治疗的牙齿问题可能会影响心脏健康。年龄是唯一被发现与照顾者认知显著相关的因素，因为年轻的照顾者更有可能正确理解口腔健康与一般健康之间的关系（<0.05）。
本研究表明了有特殊护理需求者的照顾者对口腔健康在个人整体健康中作用的理解程度。四分之三的照顾者同意牙齿健康会影响整体健康，年龄是可能影响这种理解的一个因素。
