Mohammad M. Fairaq, M. Alharthi, Khadija M. Naghi, F. A. Alsumiry, Abdulrahman M. Alshalwi, Mazen Alyazeedi, Khushnoor Khan
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摘要
目前的研究重点是自我药疗在牙科患者的牙科咨询前后的流行-沙特阿拉伯的一个案例研究。这是一项基于结构化封闭式访谈问卷的描述性研究。问卷包括社会人口特征,还包括原因、来源、持续时间、用于自我药疗的药物类型以及对牙科咨询犹豫不决的原因。受访者选择采用非概率方便抽样技术,数据分析使用SPSS ver 22。本研究的结果设想,自我药疗是相当普遍的牙科患者使用正统和传统药物。双变量分析的结果显示,大多数患者没有认识到具体的牙病的前,后诊断显示。多变量决策树技术显示两组患者需要关注自我药疗- 20岁以下的患者和20岁以上的非沙特阿拉伯语患者。本研究的结果可以作为制定未来政策的基础,使民众更容易获得牙科咨询,这可能导致在沙特范围内遏制自我药疗。
Prevalence of Self-Medication in Dental Patients: A Case Study of Saudi Arabia
The present study focuses on the prevalence of self-medication in dental patients’ pre-post dental consultation- a case study of Saudi Arabia. It was a descriptive study based on a structured close-ended interviewer-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic characteristics and also encompassed reasons, sources, duration, types of medicines used for self-medication, and reasons for hesitancy towards dental consultation. Respondents were selected using a non-probability convenience sampling technique, the data were analyzed using SPSS ver 22. Outcomes of the present study envisage that self-medication is quite prevalent among dental patients using both orthodox and traditional drugs. Results of Bivariate analysis revealed that the majority of patients were not cognizant of the specific dental ailments as revealed in pre-post diagnosis. The multivariate technique of decision trees exhibited that two groups of patients need to be focused on regarding self-medication – those who are less than 20 years of age and Non-Saudi Arabic speakers who are more than 20 years of age. The results of the present study can form the basis for framing future policies for easy accessibility of dental consultation to the populace which may result in containment of self-medication within the Saudian context.