Oral Health Status among Adult Employees in Kuwait.
Purpose: To determine the oral health status among adult employees in Kuwait.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on a convenience sample (n = 1294) of adult employees. Their ages ranged from 19 to 77 years (mean 36.2). Six trained and calibrated dentists examined them u...
| Publicado en: | Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 245 - 255 |
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Quintessence Publishing Company Inc.
2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=150136536&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 150136536 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 16021622 1SH jtl: Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry issn: 16021622 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2021 vid: 19 iid: 1 pid: 1935 pub: Quintessence Publishing Company Inc. place: Batavia, Illinois artinfo: ui: 150136536 150136536 NLM33881287 150136536 10.3290/j.ohpd.b1248897 NLM33881287 150136536 ppf: 245 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Oral Health Status among Adult Employees in Kuwait. aug: au: Nazar, Huda Shyama, Maddi Ariga, Jitendra Alsumait, Aishah affil: Head, Research and Survey Division, Dental Administration, Ministry of Health, Kuwait sug: subj: Dental Caries Epidemiology Oral Health Kuwait Middle Age Adult Oral Hygiene Cross Sectional Studies Aged Prevalence Clinical Assessment Tools Young Adult Female Male Human Middle Aged: 45-64 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Female Male ab: Purpose: To determine the oral health status among adult employees in Kuwait.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on a convenience sample (n = 1294) of adult employees. Their ages ranged from 19 to 77 years (mean 36.2). Six trained and calibrated dentists examined them using a mouth mirror and a WHO ball-tip probe. Caries was scored using WHO diagnostic criteria. The debris index simplified (DI-S) score was used to assess oral hygiene status.Results: Overall, the mean DMFT in the adults was 10.3. The DMFT increased from 7.8 for the age group 19-24 years to 10.7 at 35-44 years and 18.9 at 65-77 years (p < 0.001). Females had slightly higher caries experience (DMFT) (11.0) than did males (10.1) (p = 0.021), and Kuwaitis (11.1) more than non-Kuwaitis (8.9) (p < 0.001). The proportion of caries-free adults was 28%. In multivariate analysis, adults with poor oral hygiene (OR=1.5; 95% CI=1.2-2.1), those with an intermediate-school (grades 6 to 9) or lower level of education (OR=2.6; 95% CI=1.4-4.7), Kuwaitis (OR=1.3; 95% CI=1.0-1.7), those with oral pain (OR=1.4; 95% CI=1.0-1.8), and those needing urgent dental care (OR=4.6; 95% CI=2.6-8.0) were statistically significantly associated with caries risk. About 19.6% of these adults had good, 36.1% fair and 44.4% had poor oral hygiene. Nearly one-third (32.9%) of adults had perceived oral pain at the time of examination.Conclusion: Implementing oral health programs is needed and efforts should be made to promote oral hygiene practices in workplaces among adults in Kuwait. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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