Accessibility of Patients With Special Healthcare Needs to Dental Care in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Multicentre Study From Perspective of Caregiver and Dental Care Providers.

Q2 Environmental Science
The Scientific World Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-30 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1155/2024/6905689
Tarek Ezzeldin, Mazin Algahtani, Nadia Abdulrahman Alghannam, Faisal Abdulkareem Alsafran, Intisar Ahmad Siddiqui, Hebah Zaki Al-Ghanim, Basma Mohamed Bader, Abdullah Abdulatif Alshubat, Adnan Hamad Almarry, Hussein Hejji IbnAhmed, Sarah Abdulhadi Kanakri, Reem Babiker Eltayeb, Mohammed Ibrahim Almuaybid, Khalaf Ali Al-Wasi
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Dental care accessibility is subject to a dentist's qualification, practice and intention to treat patients, regardless of whether those patients have special healthcare needs (SCN) and should receive treatment in a dental setting. This multicentre study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of patients with SCN, their access to dental care and behaviour towards dental care from their caregiver's perspective. In addition, the perspective of dental care providers who care for patients with SCN and the factors affecting the provision of treatment was also appraised. The Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia served as the site of this cross-sectional study from 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2022. Caregivers of 272 patients with SCN, regardless of age and gender, were recruited in the study. The caregiver's proforma sought information on the demographic characteristics, type of disability, cooperation, medical history, occupation of the parent and patient's behaviour towards oral hygiene and dental healthcare. The second proforma had the dental care provider's perspective about the common disabilities, factors that affect the decision to provide treatment, difficulties patients face in getting their dental treatment and, from the dentist's experience, recommendations to improve the access to dental care for patients with SCN. Statistical analysis was carried out by using SPSS version 22.0. The demographic features, caregiver's perception about oral healthcare accessibility and dental professional's point of view were presented as frequencies and percentages. Chi-square test was applied to compare the proportions. The majority of the caregivers were satisfied with the dental service providers (91.9%) for their patients with SCN. The dental care provider's survey results indicated a shortage of dentists (54.7%) in the region and other factors that pose challenges to special care, like the severity of the disability of patients with SCN (50%), family structure (46.7%), treatment cost (35.6%) and transportation (32.8%). Patients with SCN in Saudi Arabia had a high appraisal of access to dental care and were very satisfied with dental treatment results. However, the presence of a dental care provider in the same rehabilitation centre was a major concern. The severity of the disability and the patient's cooperation were the major factors that may have affected the decision of the dental care provider.

沙特阿拉伯东部省有特殊医疗需求的患者获得牙科护理的机会:从护理人员和牙科保健提供者的角度进行的多中心研究。
牙科保健的可及性取决于牙医的资质、执业水平和治疗患者的意愿,而不管这些患者是否有特殊医疗保健需求(SCN),是否应该在牙科环境中接受治疗。这项多中心研究旨在从牙科护理人员的角度,评估有特殊保健需要的患者的特征、他们获得牙科护理的机会以及对牙科护理的行为。此外,还对牙科保健提供者护理 SCN 患者的角度以及影响提供治疗的因素进行了评估。这项横断面研究的研究地点位于沙特阿拉伯东部省,研究时间为 2020 年 2 月 1 日至 2022 年 1 月 31 日。研究共招募了 272 名 SCN 患者的护理人员,不分年龄和性别。护理人员的问卷调查内容包括人口统计学特征、残疾类型、合作情况、病史、父母的职业以及患者的口腔卫生和牙科保健行为。第二份问卷则从牙科保健提供者的角度,了解常见的残疾情况、影响提供治疗决定的因素、患者在接受牙科治疗时面临的困难,以及根据牙医的经验,为改善 SCN 患者获得牙科保健的机会而提出的建议。统计分析采用 SPSS 22.0 版进行。人口统计特征、护理者对口腔保健可及性的看法和牙科专业人员的观点均以频率和百分比表示。比例比较采用了卡方检验(Chi-square test)。大多数护理人员对其 SCN 患者的牙科服务提供者表示满意(91.9%)。牙科保健提供者的调查结果显示,该地区牙医短缺(54.7%),还有其他因素给特殊护理带来挑战,如 SCN 患者的残疾严重程度(50%)、家庭结构(46.7%)、治疗费用(35.6%)和交通(32.8%)。沙特阿拉伯的 SCN 患者对获得牙科护理的评价很高,并对牙科治疗效果非常满意。然而,在同一康复中心是否有牙科保健提供者是一个主要问题。残疾的严重程度和患者的合作程度是可能影响牙科保健提供者决定的主要因素。
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The Scientific World Journal
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5.60
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170
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3.7 months
期刊介绍: The Scientific World Journal is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research, reviews, and clinical studies covering a wide range of subjects in science, technology, and medicine. The journal is divided into 81 subject areas.
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