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Background: Dental disease is still a serious health problem universally possibly because dental health awareness and dental service utilization is still very low. The reported prevalence of dental diseases, especiallyperiodontal disease, is higher among the black race while their rate of dental service utilization is lower in comparison to Caucasians.
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the rate of dental service utilization and identify the factors influencing such utilization by medical doctors and dentists in the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Methodology: Two hundred 26-item questionnaires were distributed among the resident doctors/medical officers in the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo state. The questionnaire sought to know if there is any previous dental visits, the reason for such visits and any other follow-up visits afterward. One hundred and ninety of the doctors returned the filled questionnaires giving a response rate of 95%. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 14.0. Level of statistical significance was set at p< 0.05.
Results: Majority of the respondents (65.3%) had a previous dental visit but only 25.3% was within the last one year of the study. Among those that had visited a dentist before, 59.7% did so for the symptomatic treatment of one ailment or the other and only 13.7% of them went back for the follow-up appointment after the resolution of their symptoms. There was a statistically significant difference between the rate of dental service utilization and the gender of the respondents (p< 0.001). There was no statistical significant relationship between the rate of dental service utilization and age of the respondents.
Conclusion: The study showed that the rate of dental service utilization is low when compared with that of developed countries. Some factors identified as contributing to the lack of dental service utilization among the participants include prolonged and repeated dental appointments and the demand of their work.
Keywords: Dental,health,service,utilisation,doctors
Abstrait
Contexte:Lamaladi edentai reestencoreunproblèmegravepourlasantéuni versellepeut–êtreparcelasensi bi li s ati onpourlasanté dentaireetl’utili s ationdesservi cesdentairesestencoretrèsfaible.Laprévalencerapportéedesmaladiesdentaires,lesmaladi esparodontales,enparti culI erestplusél evéechezlaraceno i retand i squeleurtauxd’ut il i sati ondesservi cesdentai resestplusfai bleencomparai sonauxCaucasi ens.
Objectif:Lebutdecetteétudeétai td’évaluerletauxd’uti li sati ondesservi cesdentai re setd’i denti fi erlesfacteursqui influencent surcetteuti li sati on parlesmédeci nsetlesdentistescentrehospi tali eruniversi tai red’i badan.
Méthodologie:Deuxcents 26–itemquest ionnaires ontétédi stri bu ésauxmédeci ns/pers onn elmédi calrési dentsaucentrehospi ta li eruni versi tai re d’ibadan, dansl’Étatd’Oyo.Lequestionnai reapour objectifdesavoirs’ilyadesvisi tesdentait res pr éc édentes,lemoti fdecesvisi tes ettouteautrevi si teavecunsuivi.Centqu atre–vingtdesmédecinsontrenvoyélesquestion n ai ressoi gneusementremplisavec untauxde95%deréponse.L’anal ysedesdonnéesaétéeffectuéeàl’aide d’unpaquetstatistiquepourlesétudiants dessciencessociales/sociologie(PSSS)version14.0.Lenivea ude si gnificatifdestatistiqueétaitfixéàp<0,05.
Résultats:Lamajori tédes répondants(65,3%)onte uunevisi tedentaireprécédente,ma i sseulement25,3%aucours deladernièreannéed’étude. Parmiceuxquiavaientconsultéundentis teauparavant,59,7%l’ontfaitpourletrai tementsymptomati qued’unmalaiseoul’autre,etseulement13, 7%d’entreeuxysontretournéspourlanomi nationlesui viaprèslarésoluti ondeleurssymp tômes.i l yavai tunedifférenc esta ti sti quementsi gni fi c ati veentreletauxd’uti li sati ondess ervicesdentai resetlesexedesrépondants(p<0,001).iln’yavai tpasderelations igni fI cativestatistiquemententr eletauxd’utilisation desservicesdentairesetl’âgedesrépondants.
Conclusion: L’étudeamontréqueletauxd’uti lisationdesservi cesdentai resestfaiblecomparativementceluidespaysdéveloppés.Certainsfacteurs quiontétéidentifiéscommesourc esdumanqued’uti li sati ondesservi cesdentai resparmi lespartici pantsconsti tuaientle srendez–vous prolon gése trépétéschezledenti steetlademandedeleur travai l.
Correspondence: Dr. O.I. Opeodu, Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. E-mail: opeodulanre@yahoo.com
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