Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low‐Income Persons and Minorities

Cohen, Leonard A.; Harris, Shelly; Bonito, Arthur J.; Manski, Richard J.; Macek, Mark D.; Edwards, Robert R.; Cornelius, Llewellyn J.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00005.x

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“…The participants were asked to choose a number, on a scale of 0-10 (where 0 = no pain and 10 = worst possible pain), that best described his/her level of dental pain. Findings of these researches were comparable to the above results [4,5].…”

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“…In prior study by Cohen et al approximately one-quarter of the respondents (22.5%) reported their pain lasted less than 1 day, while 41.4% reported pain lasting 1-3 days, another 23.4% reported pain lasting 4 days to 1 month, and 12.7% said their pain lasted more than 1 month. Pain intensity, and pain duration were not found to be significantly associated with the respondents' demographic background [5].…”

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“…However, sometimes when individuals are facing barriers to receive oral health care, especially in low-income rural areas, the residents often are either forced, or choose, to use alternative strategies, forgo treatment and/or use self-care remedies for relieving dental pain [4]. Self-care is one of the means by which people without access to professional care can actively engage in managing their oral health problems [5,6].…”

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Self-Care Remedies Used to Relieve Dental Pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan

Ahmed¹,

Ali²,

Siddiq³

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Aim and objectives:This study aimed to identify self-care remedies used to relieve dental pain among Sudanese in Khartoum state, 2016Khartoum state, -2017, with assessment of related concerns such as predisposing reasons, and consequences associated with this usage. Methods and tools: The appropriate sample was obtained by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by investigator-handled community-based questionnaire and all statistical analysis was done using IBM statistical package of social science (SPSS) statistics version 22. Results: The study included 384 participants (75.5% male, and 24.5% female). Age of the participants started from 18 years old with most of the respondents aged between third to fifth decades of life. The most frequently used remedy was cloves (33.8%) alongside with a wide variety of other remedies. The potentiating factors for this usage included personal preference (47.4%), self apprehension (23.7%), high costs and lack of dental health services (22.4% and 5.2% respectively) and combination of some reasons. Although a number of complications were associated with those remedies such as pain (7.5%), burning sensation (4.2%), irritation (2.3%), discoloration (2.1%), bad smell (1.3%), 73.2% of participants stated that they would encourage other people to use those self-care remedies. This suggests a low level of awareness about the risk of oral health problems among the study population. Conclusion: Cloves is the most commonly used self-care remedy by the participants. Personal preference, among others, is the most predisposing motive for this usage. Upgrading awareness about risk of oral health problems, expanding health insurance services to include dental health care services, and demonstration of rational use of overthe-counter medicaments is needed.

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Self-Care Remedies Used to Relieve Dental Pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan

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“…[9][10] Research in dental self-care has focused largely on how individuals address tooth pain. [12][13][14] In our study, 84% were not aware about pain or discomfort in mouth or teeth Oral health and general health have close linkages. On the one hand, oral health can be compromised by a number of chronic and infectious diseases which show symptoms in the mouth.…”

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Oral health awareness amongst the medical student of Telengana, India

Pattnaik

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Na Odontologia, a automedicação já foi abordada principalmente em relação aos medicamentos analgésicos ingeridos para controle da dor e substâncias oriundas da medicina popular. O assunto também já foi discutido em função do tipo de emergência, não só no Brasil como em diversas outras partes do mundo [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] , mas apesar de já ter sido estudado em serviços de saúde bucal, há poucos estudos que avaliam os fatores associados a esse fenômeno 1,[9][10][11] . Assim, o objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar os fatores associados à automedicação entre os pacientes de um serviço de referência em urgências odontológicas em Belo Horizonte.…”

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Objetivo: investigar os fatores associados à automedicação por pacientes atendidos em um serviço de emergências odontológicas em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. Métodos: foi aplicado um questionário entre 174 pacientes atendidos na emergência odontológica contendo informações referentes ao gênero, idade e questões específicas como consumo anterior de medicamentos, ervas medicinais ou outras substâncias para o alívio da sintomatologia dolorosa. O diagnóstico clínico foi definido por somente um dentista. Análise bivariada e regressão multivariada de Poisson com variância robusta foram realizadas no programa SPSS 18.0. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética de Pesquisa em Humanos. Resultados: a média de idade foi de 32,6 (+12,0) anos e 51,8% eram mulheres. Entre os participantes do estudo, 81,7% relataram terem se automedicado. A idade (p=0,83), a duração da dor (p=0,21) e o gênero (p=0,85) não estiveram associados à variável resposta. A frequência da automedicação foi mais alta (p-0,04) entre indivíduos com pulpites agudas (86,8%) e abscessos periapicais (84,7%). Somente o diagnóstico clínico esteve associado à automedicação na análise multivariada de Poisson. Comparando a outros diagnósticos, indivíduos com pulpites relatam 2,3 mais chances de se automedicarem (IC95% 1.1-5.0; p=0.03). Conclusão: a automedicação é um problema de saúde pública preocupante entre o grupo estudado. O diagnóstico clínico é o único fator que influencia este fenômeno dentre a população estudada. Automedicação; Dor de dente; Emergências.Objective: To investigate factors associated with self-medication by patients treated at a public emergency dental service in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Method: A questionnaire was applied to174 patients who have been treated in the emergency dental service, with information about gender, age and specific questions about previous consumption of medicines, medicinal herbs or other substances to relieve dental pain. Clinical diagnosis was established by a single dentist. Bivariate analysis and multivariate Poisson regression with robust variance were carried out in SPSS 18.0 software for Windows. The study was approved by the local Human Research Ethics Committee. Results: The mean age of the patients was 32.6 (±12.0) years and 51.8% were female. Among the participants in the survey, 81.7% reported self-medication. Age (p=0.83), duration of pain (p=0.21) and gender (p=0.85) were not associated. Frequency of self-medication was higher (p=0.04) among individuals with pulpitis (86.8%) and periapical abscess (84.7%). Only clinical diagnosis was associated with self-medication in the multivariate Poisson analysis. Patients with pulpitis reported 2.3 times more self-medication (IC95% 1.1-5.0; p=0.03) than individuals with other diagnoses. Conclusion: Self-medication was an important health problem in the studied this surveyed group. Clinical diagnosis was the only factor that influenced this phenomenon.

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Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low‐Income Persons and Minorities

Abstract: Although removing financial barriers alone may not lead to preventive dental visits, it would facilitate more timely visits to dentists to treat toothache pain.

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Self-Care Remedies Used to Relieve Dental Pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan

Self-Care Remedies Used to Relieve Dental Pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan

Oral health awareness amongst the medical student of Telengana, India

Fatores Associados à Automedicação em um Serviço Brasileiro de Emergência Odontológica

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