在部落环境中调查牙发病风险,患病率和干预措施:一项研究方案专注于泰米尔纳德邦的Irula社区
Margret Beaula Alocious Sukumar1, Roshni Mary Peter2, Alex Joseph3
1SRM School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
Frontiers in dental medicine
|February 7, 2025
概括
这项研究评估了伊鲁拉部落的口腔健康状况,揭示了明显的牙发病率和损失. 调查结果强调,需要改善这种脆弱的土著人口的口腔卫生和医疗保健.
科学领域:
- 口腔健康研究研究 口腔健康研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 部落健康研究 部落健康研究
背景情况:
- 口腔疾病是全球主要的健康和经济挑战.
- 像伊鲁拉部落这样的土著人口往往面临着有限的医疗保健机会,在研究中代表性不足.
- 泰米尔纳德邦的伊鲁拉部落由于偏远地区和缺乏基本医疗保健设施,特别容易受到牙科问题的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查伊鲁拉部落人口中的牙发病率和牙损失.
- 为了确定与口腔疾病相关的风险因素在这个社区.
- 评估伊鲁拉部落的口腔卫生实践和口腔健康相关的生活质量 (OHRQoL).
主要方法:
- 一项采用集群抽样的横截面研究,对880名60岁及以上的个人进行了采样.
- 数据收集涉及基于社区的问卷和使用标准化指数的临床评估.
- 使用经过验证的工具进行了口腔健康相关生活质量 (OHRQoL) 的评估. 使用SPSS版本20分析的数据.
主要成果:
- 该研究确定了伊鲁拉部落人口中明显的牙发病率和牙损失.
- 分析揭示了导致口腔健康状况不佳的特定风险因素.
- 评估了口腔卫生实践及其对OHRQoL的影响,提供了对社区口腔健康状况的见解.
结论:
- 牙科在解决牙疾病方面发挥着至关重要的作用,可以帮助查伊鲁拉部落中糖尿病等慢性疾病.
- 了解风险因素,口腔卫生和寻求治疗的行为对于改善口腔健康结果至关重要.
- 促进口腔卫生的有针对性的干预措施对于提高这个服务不足的人群的口腔健康相关生活质量 (OHRQoL) 是必不可少的.
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