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Author(s)
N. Venkata Abinaya, Rajan Patil, and Bagvandas
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DOI:10.17265/2328-7136/2018.04.006
Affiliation(s)
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kancheepuram 603203, India
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Oral health
is window to overall health. There is a greatest burden of oral diseases on the
underprivileged group. In developing countries like India the affordability
to oral health care services is very limited thereby leading to poor oral
wellness & millions suffer intractable toothache and
poor quality of living and end up with few dentition. Objective: To assess the utilization level of oral
health services among women in Chennai. Material and methods: A cross-sectional
questionnaire survey was conducted among 200 women in Teynampet Zone in Chennai
District, Tamil Nadu. The women were chosen by simple random sampling and were
interviewed using the semi-structured questionnaire to assess their utilization
level during the period of June to July 2016. The data were analyzed by SPSS
Version 22. Result: Descriptive
statistics and multivariate analysis—MANOVA were used to analyze the utilization level.
Majority of the respondents were in the age group of 30-35years, most of the
respondents had oral problem and almost everyone had visited
dentist at least once within 3
years. Multivariate analysis—MANOVA also showed that the utilization levels were directly influenced
by accessibility, availability and affordability and showed statistical
significance (p value < 0.05) and
also from MANOVA analysis it showed that the respondents
who had poor oral hygiene did not utilize oral health care services as the affordability was a problem although accessibility
and availability was adequate. Conclusion: Our findings suggest
that people who had oral problem had visited dentist in previous 3 years and
most of the people who visited dentist had a good oral hygiene. Cost of the
treatment affected the dental visits. They believed that visiting the dentist
is necessary only for pain relief.
KEYWORDS
Chennai oral health, oral health problems, utilization of oral health care services, women oral health.
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