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Impact of Oral Health Literacy on Periodontal Health among Low-income-group Workers of Dental Institutes in Patna, Bihar, India
- Source :
- The journal of contemporary dental practice. 21(7)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Aim To evaluate the impact of oral health literacy (OHL) on the periodontal health among low-income-group workers of dental institutes. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 137 class III and IV workers of dental college. Data collection was done by using a customized pro forma including demographics, REALD-30 for calculating OHL, and items on oral hygiene habits like toothpaste use, brushing frequency, and any other oral hygiene aid. Following which periodontal health status was determined, which was categorized into severe, moderate, and mild periodontitis (health). The analysis was done using the SPSS 11.5. Periodontal health status was associated with OHL scores, oral hygiene habits, and demographics using the chi-square test. The statistical significance level was set at 5% level. Results Among the 137 subjects, 25 participants reported health/mild periodontitis, 53 had moderate periodontitis, and 59 had severe periodontitis. Low OHL was observed in 52.5% and only 13.8% had high OHL. The participants who had low OHL, 56.94% (n = 41), were having severe disease, while the subjects who had better OHL, only 21.05% (n = 4) were found to have severe disease. Conclusion The people with low socioeconomic classes can be reached effectively if the community involvement concept is used through the workers of dental institutions. But first efforts should be made to improve the OHL of these workers. Clinical significance Improving OHL can be of great help to the clinicians and the community health workers because it helps them to make patient adherent to the treatment and the medications prescribed to them. Periodontitis affects people with low socioeconomic status and in the present study it was class III and IV workers. Improving OHL of this population will decrease the oral disease burden of India.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
India
Oral Health
Oral hygiene
Severe periodontitis
Literacy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Statistical significance
medicine
Humans
Clinical significance
education
General Dentistry
Socioeconomic status
Poverty
media_common
Periodontitis
education.field_of_study
business.industry
030206 dentistry
medicine.disease
Health Literacy
Cross-Sectional Studies
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15263711
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The journal of contemporary dental practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d2cf37e443683a7c1d8cdfbd05b7b26f