Department of Hematology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, 317000, China.
Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, 317000, China.
BMC Oral Health. 2023 Nov 21;23(1):900. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-03598-4.
The prevalence of oral diseases among Taiwanese prisoners has rarely been investigated. This study aimed to estimate the gender-specific prevalence of oral disease in a sample of Taiwanese prisoners.
We included 83,048 participants from the National Health Insurance (NHI) Program. Outcomes were measured using the clinical version of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9-CM). For prevalence, we provide absolute values and percentages. We also performed a χ2 test to assess sex and age group differences in the percentage of disease in the oral cavity, salivary glands, and jaw.
The prevalence rate of oral diseases was 25.90%, which was higher than that of the general population. The prevalence of oral diseases in female prisoners was higher than that in male prisoners (p < 0.001), and the prevalence of oral diseases in prisoners aged ≤ 40 was higher than that of prisoners aged > 40. Among all cases of diagnosed oral diseases, the top three diseases were dental hard tissue diseases (13.28%), other cellulitis and abscesses (9.79%), and pruritus and related conditions (2.88%), respectively. The prevalence of various oral diseases in female prisoners was significantly higher than that in male prisoners.
Oral disease is common among Taiwanese prisoners. Female prisoners had a higher prevalence of oral, salivary gland, and jaw diseases than male prisoners. Therefore, early prevention and appropriate treatment are required and also a need for gender-specific oral disease products given the differences in the prevalence of oral disease among male and female prisoners.
台湾囚犯的口腔疾病患病率很少被调查。本研究旨在估计台湾囚犯样本中口腔疾病的性别特异性患病率。
我们纳入了来自全民健康保险（NHI）计划的 83048 名参与者。结局使用国际疾病分类第 9 版临床修订版（ICD-9-CM）进行测量。我们提供了患病率的绝对数值和百分比。我们还进行了 χ2 检验，以评估口腔、唾液腺和颌骨疾病的性别和年龄组差异百分比。
口腔疾病的患病率为 25.90%，高于一般人群。女性囚犯口腔疾病的患病率高于男性囚犯（p<0.001），年龄≤40 岁的囚犯口腔疾病的患病率高于年龄>40 岁的囚犯。在所有诊断为口腔疾病的病例中，排名前三的疾病分别是牙体硬组织疾病（13.28%）、其他蜂窝织炎和脓肿（9.79%）和瘙痒症及相关病症（2.88%）。女性囚犯各种口腔疾病的患病率明显高于男性囚犯。
口腔疾病在台湾囚犯中很常见。女性囚犯口腔、唾液腺和颌部疾病的患病率高于男性囚犯。因此，需要进行早期预防和适当的治疗，并且鉴于男女囚犯口腔疾病患病率的差异，需要提供针对特定性别的口腔疾病产品。
