1. Frequency of four-dimensional oral health problems across dental fields - A comparative survey of Slovenian and international dentists
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Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe, Julijana Nikolovska, Miguel Simancas-Pallares, Thomas List, Ikeoluwa A. Oluwafemi, Pathamas Chantaracherd, Ambra Michelotti, Mohammad Mehdi Naghibi Sistan, Karina Haugaard Bendixen, Mike T. John, Ama Amuasi, Joao N. Ferreira, Stella Sekulić, Sahityaveera Sanivarapu, Sanela Strujić-Porović, Daniel R. Reissmann, Patricia Valerio, David Bartlett, Mohammad Al-Harthy, Ksenija Rener-Sitar, Saloua Dghoughi, Christopher C. Peck, Ljiljana Strajnić, Nazik Nurelhuda, Natalia Letunova, Folake B. Lawal, Asja Čelebić, Eka Perez-Franco, Martin Schimmel, Kazuyoshi Baba, Rodrigo Casassus, Katrin Bekes, and Han Xie
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medicine.medical_specialty ,zobozdravstvo ,vprašalniki ,Slovenia ,zobozdravniki ,610 Medicine & health ,Oral health ,slovenija ,World Health Organization ,Odontologi ,patients ,surveys ,oral health models ,medicine ,slovenia ,modeli oralnega zdravja ,ankete ,dental specialties ,oralno zdravje ,dentistry ,business.industry ,svetovna zdravstvena organizacija ,pacienti ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,questionnaires ,Original Scientific Article ,ddc:617.6 ,zobozdravstvene specializacije ,stomatognathic diseases ,Family medicine ,world health organization ,oral health ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,business ,dentists - Abstract
To compare the frequency of patients' oral health problems and prevention needs among Slovenian and international dentists with the aim to validate the four oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) dimensions across six clinical dental fields in all World Health Organization (WHO) regions.An anonymous electronic survey in the English language was designed using Qualtrics software. A probability sampling for Slovenia and a convenience sampling strategy for dentist recruitment was applied for 31 countries. Dentists engaged in six dental fields were asked to categorize their patients' oral health problems and prevention needs into the four OHRQoL dimensions (Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact). Proportions of patients' problems and prevention needs were calculated together with the significance of Slovenian and international dentists' differences based on dental fields and WHO regions.Dentists (n=1,580) from 32 countries completed the survey. There were 223 Slovenian dentists (females: 68%) with a mean age (SD) of 41 (10.6) years and 1,358 international dentists (females: 51%) with a mean age (SD) of 38 (10.4). Pain-related problems and prevention needs were the most prevalent among all six dental fields reported by dentists; Slovenian (37%) and 31 countries (45%). According to Cohen, differences between Slovenia, the broader European Region, and 31 countries were considered non-significant (0.1).According to the dentists' responses, the frequency of patients' oral health problems and prevention needs are proportionate between Slovenia and 31 countries, regionally and globally. The four OHRQoL dimensions can be considered universal across all dental fields.V raziskavi smo želeli primerjati pogostost ustno-obraznih težav in potreb po preventivnem zdravju zobozdravstvenih pacientov med slovenskimi in mednarodnimi zobozdravniki s pomočjo spletne ankete, ki bi potrdila veljavnost štirih dimenzij oralnega zdravja v šestih kliničnih zobozdravstvenih specialnostih iz vseh svetovnih regij, kot jih določa Svetovna zdravstvena organizacija.V programski opremi Qualtrics smo v angleškem jeziku izdelali anonimno spletno anketo z namenom kategorizirati ustno-obrazne težave in preventivne ukrepe zobozdravstvenih pacientov v štiri dimenzije oralnega zdravja (funkcionalna, bolečinska, estetska in psihosocialna) na osnovi šestih stomatoloških specialnosti. Naključno vzorčenje smo uporabili za slovenske zobozdravnike, medtem ko smo za zobozdravnike iz 31 držav uporabili priložnostno vzorčenje. Za preverjanje pacientovih ustno-obraznih težav ter njihove potrebe po zdravljenju na osnovi zobozdravnikove ocene smo uporabili razmerja v odstotkih. Velikost učinka smo računali za preverjanje razlik med slovenskimi in tujimi zobozdravniki iz vseh regij po razdelitvi Svetovne zdravstvene organizacije in na osnovi šestih zobozdravstvenih specialnosti.Tisoč petsto osemdeset zobozdravnikov iz 32 držav je izpolnilo spletno anketo. Od tega je bilo 223 slovenskih (68 % žensk) s povprečno starostjo (SD) 41 (10,6) let in 1.358 tujih zobozdravnikov (51 % žensk) s povprečno starostjo (SD) 38 (10,4) let. Slovenski (37 %) in tuji (45 %) zobozdravniki so izbrali ustnoobrazno bolečino kot najpogostejšo težavo in preventivni ukrep pri zobozdravstvenih pacientih v vseh šestih zobozdravstvenih specialnostih. Po Cohenu so bile razlike med slovenskimi in pacienti iz drugih držav z ustnoobraznimi težavami in pri preventivnih ukrepih zelo majhne (0,1).Ustno-obrazne težave zobozdravstvenih pacientov in njihove potrebe po zdravljenju znotraj vseh šestih zobozdravstvenih specialnosti so v Sloveniji in drugih 31 državah, regionalno in globalno, primerljive. Vse štiri dimenzije podpirajo zobozdravnikov celostni pogled na oralno zdravje in preventivne ukrepe zobozdravstvenih pacientov po svetu in zobozdravstvenih specialnostih.
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- 2021
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