Abstract:Aim: Oral health problem is one of the major health problems during pregnancy in both developing and developed countries. This cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the oral health status of the pregnant women attended some selected mothers and children welfare centers (MCWCs) in Bangladesh. Methods: Data was collected by face-to-face interview and clinical examination with the help of a structured questionnaire and check list. Results: Half (50.0%) of the pregnant women was of 15 to 20 years old and their mean age was 22.28±4.22 years. Thirty eight percent (38.2%) of the women had primary education and 78.4% did not visit any dentist. Majority (93.1%) used tooth brush before breakfast and most (84.4%) of them had no information about oral hygiene care. Regarding oral health status, 87.3% had caries affected teeth and 94.1% had gingivitis. Presence of gingivitis and calculus were higher among the elder women (21-35 years) than the younger group (15-20 years) which was 92.2% among the housewives. Gingivitis was significantly higher among the women in low income group (95.7%) than the other income groups (X 2 = 5.80, p<0.05). Conclusion:The study findings recommended for provision of essential dental health services to the pregnant women for prevention and control of various dental health problems during pregnancy.
Background: Throughout the world, a demographic revolution is underway. The proportion of older people is growing faster than any other group. A growth spurt in the number of elderly persons has resulted from improvements in both social living conditions and medical care. This poses tremendous challenges to health and social policy planners, particularly because disease patterns will shift concurrently.Objectives: The present study was planned and carried out with the aim of assessment of the oral hygiene practice and oral health status among geriatric population.Materials & Methods: This cross sectional study was done among the geriatric population with a view to assess their oral hygiene practice and oral health status. Purposively selected 26 geriatric peoples were interviewed through a structured closed end questionnaire followed by a observational checklist.Results: In this study, it is found that most (84.6%) respondents brush their teeth regularly; more than half (57.7%) respondents brush their teeth twice; most (53.8%) of respondents brush their teeth after awake at morning, and 30.8% respondents brush 2-3 min; half of respondents use tooth brush and tooth paste. In this study, it is found that, respondents aged 70 years have Decayed Missed Filled Teeth (DMFT) (mean ± SD) 5.20 5.72, OHI (mean ± SD) 2.56 01.87. We also found that, respondents have Plaque Index (PI) (mean ± SD) 1.29 1.50, and GI (mean ± SD) 0.20 0.44.Conclusion: Oral health is one of the important components of aging; due to the presence of oral disease, it can affect general health and quality of life of elderly people.KYAMC Journal Vol. 9, No.-2, July 2018, Page 48-52
Aim: An intervention study was conducted on oro-dental hygiene among secondary school students in a specific school at Dhamrai, Dhaka of Bangladesh. The main objective was to assess knowledge on oro-dental hygiene among secondary school student and also carry out an evaluation of health education intervention program. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. Specific health information messages on oro-dental hygiene were disseminated to 64 students of Kailash Chandra high school at Dhamrai through a group approach using posters, flip charts and dental models. Results: It was observed that 80% of the students heard about the importance of oro-dental hygiene before intervention and that reached to 100% after intervention. Before intervention, 51.7% possessed correct knowledge about oro-dental care and that increased up to 90% after intervention. It was also observed that only 46.7% of the participants knew about the health hazards as consequences of not tooth brushing and it rose up to 80% after intervention. Conclusion: The study disclosed the status of knowledge and practice which greatly improved after dental health educational intervention program. Therefore, the intervention program through child to child education had been found effective in this study. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cdcj.v10i2.16318 City Dent. Coll. J Volume-10, Number-2, July-2013
Background: Mental disorder account for 13% global burden of disease which has affected more than 970 million people worldwide in 2017. About 1 in 17 suffers from serious mental illness in worldwide. Therefore, the affected person is dependent on caregiver and their wellbeing is directly related to nature and quality of care provided by caregiver. Caregiver are especially vulnerable as they face complex, high burden care situation resulting in higher caregiver stress. The aim of this study is to determine the level of stress and coping of caregivers of Psychiatric patients. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 171 caregivers, aged more than 18 years in National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Shyamoli, Dhaka. Study period was from 1 January to 31 December 2020. The research participants were selected following the convenient sampling method based on defined selection criteria. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed and the respondents were interviewed face to face individually while maintaining privacy and confidentiality. Result: Distribution of the socio demographic status of the study participants were females74% and male 26%. Their mean age was 40.09(±13.31) years. In educational level 33.9 % of the participants were illiterate, secondary level education up to 21.1%. In occupation housewife 57.9%, service holder 18.7%. Caregiver having 76.6% moderate stress, low stress 21.6% and 1.8% having high perceived stress. Association between stress and coping average, good coping 74.8% and 88.2% had moderate stress respectively. Their significant P value .009(p<0,05). The person’s correlation present between stress and coping was positive. The correlation co-efficient was .06 (p<0.05). So, there was a weak positive correlation between level of stress and coping status. Conclusion: Health care personal may screen the stress level of caregivers and if there is any functional impairment is present, they could proper evaluation and therapeutic intervention. KYAMC Journal Vol. 13, No. 04, January 2023: 240-244
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