印度曼加罗尔的幼儿牙和牙科护理利用情况:父母的看法
B S Suprabha1, R Shenoy2, K Y Mahabala1
1Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, KA, India.
JDR clinical and translational research
|February 23, 2024
概括
父母经常因为感知到的问题而推迟儿童早期牙 (ECC) 的牙医访问. 解决成本和恐惧等挑战可以提高口腔健康意识,并鼓励定期使用牙科护理.
科学领域:
- 儿科牙科 儿科牙科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 定性研究是一种定性研究.
背景情况:
- 幼儿牙 (ECC) 很普遍,但儿童对牙护理服务的使用不足.
- 这种不充分的使用导致了幼儿未经治疗的牙损伤的重大负担.
研究的目的:
- 探索家长的看法,并确定与诊断ECC的儿童的牙护理利用相关的挑战.
- 了解影响家长寻求或推迟对ECC儿童进行牙科护理决定的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项描述性的定性研究与印度曼加罗尔的27名患有ECC儿童的父母进行.
- 通过使用半结构面试指南的重点小组讨论收集数据.
- 内容分析和手动逐行编码用于数据分析.
主要成果:
- 父母主要是基于感知到的牙问题而寻求牙科护理,而不是预防性需求.
- 主要挑战包括时间限制,错误信息,缺乏意识,成本以及儿童/家长的焦虑.
- 牙医访问导致儿童口腔健康意识和生活质量的感知改善.
结论:
- 父母对牙问题的看法推动了ECC的初次牙医访问.
- 提高口腔健康意识和治疗后改善生活质量可以激励进一步寻求牙科护理.
- 跨学科的利益相关者合作对于提高家长对ECC的认识和牙科护理利用率至关重要.
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