Association between dental pain and absenteeism among public workers from Southeastern Brazil

Miotto, Maria Helena Monteiro de Barros; Lima, Wadson José Gonçalves; Barcellos, Ludmilla Awad

doi:10.5935/1806-0013.20140038

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“…Comparison with some studies might be impaired by different cutoff points used to select the groups [12][13][14] . In terms of income, this study has observed higher pain prevalence among those with reported income of up to three minimum wages, differently from other studies carried out in the region 2,7,8 . Similar results were found for different Brazilian regions: Recife 13 , Rio de Janeiro 10 and Southern Brazil 12,15 .…”

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“…This result is higher than those found in the State, in the Southeastern region and in Brazil. In a sample of public servants in Venda Nova do Imigrante, ES 7 , and Marataizes 8 prevalences were 43 and 57%, respectively. In a food industry in the Southeastern region there has been 46.7% prevalence of pain 2 .…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Health promotion policies aiming at informing and improving the access to routine dental services should be implemented. Toothache is a very frequent event in Brazil 13,23 and leads to absenteeism 2,7,8 and strong impact on quality of life 14 .…”

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Dental pain prevalence among health care personnel

Barcellos¹,

Uliana²,

Miotto³

et al. 2015

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dental pain is a major reason for looking for dental services. Toothache may prevent or impair daily activities, such as working, having fun or socializing. This study aimed at evaluating dental pain prevalence in the last six months, among employees of the Teaching Hospital, Vitoria, ES. METHODS:This was an analytical, observational cross-sectional study. Data were collected by six trained interviewers by means of standardized interviews filling a questionnaire previously used by other studies about toothache among employees of the state of Espirito Santo, which included demographic and social information, as well as toothache report, type of pain (spontaneous or induced), use of dental services and employment bond. Confidence level of 95%, error of 5% and expected prevalence of 50% were used for sample calculation. Final sample was made up of 265 employees. The association between studied variables and dental pain prevalence was observed using Pearson Chi-square test with significance level of 5%. Odds Ratio and respective confidence intervals (CI-95%) were estimated for statistically significant variables. RESULTS: Dental pain prevalence was 65.7%. Employees with up to 39 years of age (p=0.004, OR=2.081 CI 95%=1.226; 3.530), of economic classes C and D (p=0.007, OR=1.968 CI 95%=1.173; 3.30) and those receiving up to three minimum wages have reported higher dental pain prevalence (p=0.000, OR=2.829 CI=1.611; 4.967). CONCLUSION: There has been high dental pain prevalence among employees. Strategies to decrease such event should be implemented aiming at improving quality of life of such employees.

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Miotto³

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“…Tooth decay can develop once the first teeth erupt. Toothache as the main symptom is highly prevalent among all age groups, ranging between 15 percent and 45 percent in different studies (Boeira and others 2012;Hayes and others 2013;Kassebaum and others 2015;Miotto, Barcellos, and Lopes 2013;Noro and others 2014). The decay process may progress to total tooth destruction and exposure of the pulp-causing severe pain, infection, and systemic reactions-which may be fatal as a result of septicemia (Kawashita, Kitamura, and Saito 2011).…”

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Promoting Oral Health through Programs in Middle Childhood and Adolescence

Benzian¹,

Garg²,

Monse³

et al. 2017

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 8): Child and Adolescent Health and Development

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“…They concluded that the oral census is of great value in business Dentistry, as it constitutes the only resource that has professional application for preventative Dentistry. This procedure results in lower absenteeism and increased productivity, favoring the company and the employee 21,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31] .…”

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Oral health quality of the workers of a telemarketing company and their satisfaction with the treatments provided by the corporative dental insurance plan

Martins¹,

Queluz

2015

Braz. J. Oral Sci.

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Aim:To evaluate the oral health quality of the workers of a telemarketing company and their satisfaction with the dental treatments provided by the corporative dental insurance plan. Methods: Data collection was by an online intranet questionnaire on dental service providers from Uberlândia/MG and Campinas/SP. It was addressed to 6000 associates, with objective and subjective questions, comprising the level of the telemarketing operators' oral health, dental needs, satisfaction with dental care providers and the importance of having the laboral dental services provided by the company. Results: After analysis of the results, we observed that: 57.52% of the workers required improvement in their oral health and 56.03% mentioned prevention as the largest need, 66.70% use the dental providers' services, but only 31.34% were satisfied with them. Conclusions: The results underscore that the workers have an intermediate level of dental needs, with prevention as top importance. Additionally, establishment of a basic attention program inside the company would increase the satisfaction and adhesion indexes of providers and the workers' oral health.Oral health quality of the workers of a telemarketing company and their satisfaction with the treatments provided by the corporative dental insurance plan Braz J Oral Sci. 14(4):311-317

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Association between dental pain and absenteeism among public workers from Southeastern Brazil

Cited by 7 publications

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Dental pain prevalence among health care personnel

Dental pain prevalence among health care personnel

Promoting Oral Health through Programs in Middle Childhood and Adolescence

Oral health quality of the workers of a telemarketing company and their satisfaction with the treatments provided by the corporative dental insurance plan

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