口腔专科门诊就诊者对社区口腔保健服务需求分析.

Objective To understand the current situation of supply and demand of community oral health care services and its influencing factors, and to provide reference for improving the types of community oral health care services and improving the service level. Methods May to October 2017, a questionnaire survey was conducted on patients over 18years old who were able to answer questions independently according to the order of treatment in an oral specialty hospital in Hefei, and the influencing factors of oral health services demand were analyzed by using the Logit model. A total of 550patients were investigated, 500valid questionnaires were obtained, and the effective response rate was 90.9%.Results Among the 500patients, 26.8%（134/500）knew that the dental department was opened in the community;12.0%（60/500）patients had received oral health care services provided by the community; and 71.6%（358/500）had demand for regular oral examinations and consultation services. Age, family monthly income, education level, gender, occupation, knowledge of stomatology, oral diseases and systemic diseases were the influencing factors of oral health demand of community residents(P<0.05).Conclusion The gap between the supply and demand of oral health services is large, so the development of community oral health services should be strengthen; the technical level of community dentists and the accessibility of residents oral health care services should be improved; residents access to information should be expanded; targeted oral services according to different characteristics of people should be provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]