在Telangana的Nalgonda地区,人们使用牙科服务的障碍
1Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Nalgonda, India.
International journal of health care quality assurance
|December 19, 2025
概括
农村地区的大多数人不使用牙科服务,因为他们认为护理只需要疼痛. 这突显了人们对预防性牙科护理的需求较低,需要社区外展以改善获得.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 牙科公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 定期的家庭护理和每年一次的牙科检查对于保持口腔健康至关重要.
- 牙科服务的利用往往是有限的,个人主要在紧急情况或疼痛时寻求护理.
- 不充分利用牙科服务可能源于个人的看法或服务可用性问题.
研究的目的:
- 调查农村人口有限使用牙科服务背后的原因.
- 区分个人看法和服务可用性作为牙科护理障碍.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及280名通过多阶段抽样选择的参与者的横截面观察性研究.
- 数据是通过一个自主管理的,封闭式的问卷和25个问题收集的.
- 使用SPSS v.22进行统计分析,并进行Chi-square测试以确定显著的关联.
主要成果:
- 不使用牙的主要原因 (73.2%) 是认为牙护理在没有疼痛的情况下是不必要的.
- 恐惧和焦虑显著影响了牙科服务的使用,特别是在女性中 (p=0.004).
- 在年龄组和对牙科解释的理解 (p=0.04) 和治疗类型 (p=0.01) 之间发现了显著的关联.
结论:
- 结构性和社会决定因素,包括缺乏意识,地理准入和经济因素,阻碍了Telangana农村的牙科服务利用.
- 由于对疼痛的误解,人们对预防性牙科护理的需求感觉较低,在农村人口中仍然存在.
- 基于社区的干预措施,如移动诊所和外展计划,对于提高意识,减轻恐惧和促进牙科服务使用量至关重要.
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