Lukács Márton, Fábián Balázs, Bugán Antal, Varga István
Clinical Psychology Center of Clinical Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Doctoral School of Dental Sciences, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Oral Dis. 2025 Mar;31(3):1017-1023. doi: 10.1111/odi.15136. Epub 2024 Oct 6.
Dental care avoidance affects individuals' oral health status. There is limited literature examining the context of dental avoidance behavior.
The aim of the study is to examine attitudes toward dental care services among adults.
Overall, 16 patients participated in semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Through independent reviews of the themes that comprise the patients' experience, a consensus was established among the researchers.
Ten major themes were identified that encapsulate patients' attitudes toward dental care attendance: Effect of environment and equipment, Fear and anesthesia, Procrastination, Dissatisfaction with the dental care system, Expectations of dentists, Quality of dental care, Edentulousness and social status, Financial involvement, Aesthetics, and Dentists' behavior. Compliance with oral health maintenance can be enhanced by specific training for professionals and dentistry students and by fine tuning the dental care system.
This is the first comprehensive study in Hungary investigating attitudes among dentist patients toward dental care. The results suggest that there are many factors that may affect dental care attendance. Thus, these findings make a potentially fundamental contribution to the improvement of dental care and support practitioners in enriching their understanding of dental avoidance behavior.
避免看牙会影响个人的口腔健康状况。研究牙科回避行为背景的文献有限。
本研究旨在调查成年人对牙科护理服务的态度。
共有16名患者参与了半结构化访谈。采用归纳主题分析法对访谈进行分析。通过对构成患者经历的主题进行独立审查,研究人员达成了共识。
确定了十个主要主题,概括了患者对看牙的态度:环境和设备的影响、恐惧与麻醉、拖延、对牙科护理系统的不满、对牙医的期望、牙科护理质量、无牙与社会地位、经济投入、美观以及牙医行为。通过对专业人员和牙科学生进行特定培训以及优化牙科护理系统,可以提高对口腔健康维护的依从性。
这是匈牙利第一项全面研究牙医患者对牙科护理态度的研究。结果表明,有许多因素可能影响看牙。因此,这些发现可能为改善牙科护理做出根本性贡献,并帮助从业者加深对牙科回避行为的理解。