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Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania
Aims and Objectives: To investigate the trends in access to dental services among adults from the N-E region of Romania and to evaluate the factors that influence access to dental care. Material and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate the access and utilization of dental...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36676698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59010074 |
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author | Edlibi Al Hage, Walid Dascălu, Cristina Gena Balcoș, Carina Agop-Forna, Doriana Forna, Norina Consuela |
author_facet | Edlibi Al Hage, Walid Dascălu, Cristina Gena Balcoș, Carina Agop-Forna, Doriana Forna, Norina Consuela |
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description | Aims and Objectives: To investigate the trends in access to dental services among adults from the N-E region of Romania and to evaluate the factors that influence access to dental care. Material and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate the access and utilization of dental care among a sample of adults. We collected data on their demographic characteristics, their type of medical insurance, their monthly income, the type of dental office they visited, their reasons for choosing a certain type of dentist office, and their oral hygiene habits. It was found that their financial status determined by the occupation of the individual, as well as their monthly income, influenced their access to medical services. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Results: Of a total of 696 participants, 55.6% were female, 83.3% were from urban areas, 42.1% were retired, 62.3% of the subjects utilized dental emergency services, and 67.9% of the subjects self-funded their treatment. The reasons for women not attending dental offices included costs (24.3%) and dental fear (9.8%), while men’s reasons were high costs (26.4%) and lack of time (5.9%). Significant differences were recorded between gender and reasons for visiting the dentist (p = 0.018), payment for dental services (p = 0.009), and preferred clinic (p = 0.010). In relation to occupation, there were significant differences for most of the variables evaluated (reasons to visit a dentist, payment for dental services, preferred dental clinic, self-rated oral health, etc.). Conclusions: Gender, occupation, and monthly income levels were found to influence access to dental medicine services of Romanians in the N-E region. Dental services were frequently accessed for emergency reasons. Dental services were found to be paid for by state insurance for those with low monthly incomes and self-funded for those with higher monthly incomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-98636762023-01-22 Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania Edlibi Al Hage, Walid Dascălu, Cristina Gena Balcoș, Carina Agop-Forna, Doriana Forna, Norina Consuela Medicina (Kaunas) Article Aims and Objectives: To investigate the trends in access to dental services among adults from the N-E region of Romania and to evaluate the factors that influence access to dental care. Material and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to evaluate the access and utilization of dental care among a sample of adults. We collected data on their demographic characteristics, their type of medical insurance, their monthly income, the type of dental office they visited, their reasons for choosing a certain type of dentist office, and their oral hygiene habits. It was found that their financial status determined by the occupation of the individual, as well as their monthly income, influenced their access to medical services. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Results: Of a total of 696 participants, 55.6% were female, 83.3% were from urban areas, 42.1% were retired, 62.3% of the subjects utilized dental emergency services, and 67.9% of the subjects self-funded their treatment. The reasons for women not attending dental offices included costs (24.3%) and dental fear (9.8%), while men’s reasons were high costs (26.4%) and lack of time (5.9%). Significant differences were recorded between gender and reasons for visiting the dentist (p = 0.018), payment for dental services (p = 0.009), and preferred clinic (p = 0.010). In relation to occupation, there were significant differences for most of the variables evaluated (reasons to visit a dentist, payment for dental services, preferred dental clinic, self-rated oral health, etc.). Conclusions: Gender, occupation, and monthly income levels were found to influence access to dental medicine services of Romanians in the N-E region. Dental services were frequently accessed for emergency reasons. Dental services were found to be paid for by state insurance for those with low monthly incomes and self-funded for those with higher monthly incomes. MDPI 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9863676/ /pubmed/36676698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59010074 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Edlibi Al Hage, Walid Dascălu, Cristina Gena Balcoș, Carina Agop-Forna, Doriana Forna, Norina Consuela Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania |
title | Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania |
title_full | Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania |
title_fullStr | Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania |
title_full_unstemmed | Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania |
title_short | Trends in Access to Oral Health Care among Adults from the N-E Region of Romania |
title_sort | trends in access to oral health care among adults from the n-e region of romania |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36676698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59010074 |
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