School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16–18 Years in the Ha'il Region of Saudi Arabia

Objective. This study assessed the impact of toothache on school attendance among secondary school students in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Methods. A cross-sectional, paper based survey was conducted among 16–18-year-old students of public sector secondary schools in the Ha'il Region,...

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Autores principales: Shaikh, Sameer, Siddiqui, Ammar Ahmed, Aljanakh, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7058390
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description Objective. This study assessed the impact of toothache on school attendance among secondary school students in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Methods. A cross-sectional, paper based survey was conducted among 16–18-year-old students of public sector secondary schools in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Results. Of the 510 students selected from the participating schools, 480 were analyzed (94.1%). Of the sample, 50.4% were boys. Among the participants in the study, 86 students reported school absence due to toothache in the six months prior to the survey. Consequently, the prevalence of absenteeism due to toothache in this study was of 18%. Conclusion. The prevalence of school absenteeism due to toothache among students in the Ha'il Region was low. Yet, still, missed school days due to toothache may have implications for students also in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia, as school absenteeism leads to missed opportunities for learning and academic advancement.
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spelling pubmed-47757962016-03-17 School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16–18 Years in the Ha'il Region of Saudi Arabia Shaikh, Sameer Siddiqui, Ammar Ahmed Aljanakh, Mohammad Pain Res Treat Research Article Objective. This study assessed the impact of toothache on school attendance among secondary school students in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Methods. A cross-sectional, paper based survey was conducted among 16–18-year-old students of public sector secondary schools in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia. Results. Of the 510 students selected from the participating schools, 480 were analyzed (94.1%). Of the sample, 50.4% were boys. Among the participants in the study, 86 students reported school absence due to toothache in the six months prior to the survey. Consequently, the prevalence of absenteeism due to toothache in this study was of 18%. Conclusion. The prevalence of school absenteeism due to toothache among students in the Ha'il Region was low. Yet, still, missed school days due to toothache may have implications for students also in the Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia, as school absenteeism leads to missed opportunities for learning and academic advancement. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4775796/ /pubmed/26989510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7058390 Text en Copyright © 2016 Sameer Shaikh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16–18 Years in the Ha'il Region of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16–18 Years in the Ha'il Region of Saudi Arabia
title_short School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16–18 Years in the Ha'il Region of Saudi Arabia
title_sort school absenteeism due to toothache among secondary school students aged 16–18 years in the ha'il region of saudi arabia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7058390
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