Burke F J, McCord J F, Hoad-Reddick G, Cheung S W
University Dental Hospital of Manchester.
Prim Dent Care. 1995 Sep;2(2):47-50.
A proportion of the population is unable to attend a dentist for treatment and it is therefore essential that an adequate domiciliary service is available. The availability of such a service was evaluated by means of a postal questionnaire distributed to 180 dentists practising in Manchester. The response rate was 57.8%. The results indicated that domiciliary care was provided by 84.6% of respondents, with the mean number of domiciliary patients treated per month being 2.9. Appointments for domiciliary care were arranged outside normal working hours by 65.9% of respondents and by arranging specific time periods by 43.2% of respondents. In general, domiciliary care was limited to prosthetic treatment, extractions, scaling and polishing, and simple restorations. A statistical association was found between number of years since graduation and the provision of domiciliary care.
一部分人口无法前往牙医处接受治疗，因此提供足够的上门服务至关重要。通过向在曼彻斯特执业的180名牙医发放邮政调查问卷，对这种服务的可获得性进行了评估。回复率为57.8%。结果表明，84.6%的受访者提供上门护理，每月接受上门治疗的患者平均人数为2.9人。65.9%的受访者在正常工作时间之外安排上门护理预约，43.2%的受访者通过安排特定时间段来进行预约。一般来说，上门护理仅限于假牙修复治疗、拔牙、洗牙和抛光以及简单的补牙。研究发现，毕业年限与提供上门护理之间存在统计学关联。
