Грамотность в области здоровья полости рта и стоматологическая тревожность: исследование среди стоматологических пациентов в Малайзии

ЦЕЛЬ. Оценка уровня грамотности в области здоровья полости рта (ОГЗ) и стоматологической тревожности (СТ) среди пациентов, а также изучить возможную корреляцию между ОГЗ и СТ.
МАТЕРИАЛЫ И МЕТОДЫ. Исследование представляет собой поперечный анализ 97 стоматологических пациентов центра AIMST Dental Centre в Малайзии. Грамотность в области здоровья полости рта (ОГЗ) оценивалась с использованием инструмента Oral Health Literacy Instrument (OHLI), а стоматологическая тревожность (СТ) – с помощью модифицированной шкалы стоматологической тревожности (Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, MDAS).
РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ. Значительная часть участников (70,1%) продемонстрировала достаточный уровень грамотности в области здоровья полости рта, хотя умеренный уровень тревожности наблюдался у 39,8% участников, согласно результатам MDAS. ОГЗ показала сильную корреляцию с возрастом (p = 0,031) и уровнем образования (p < 0,001), в то время как СТ не была значимо связана с какими-либо социодемографическими параметрами. В конечном итоге, ОГЗ имела значительную корреляцию с результатами MDAS (p = 0,004).
ВЫВОД. Исследование выявило значительную корреляцию между грамотностью в области здоровья полости рта (ОГЗ) и стоматологической тревожностью (СТ) среди участников, что подчеркивает необходимость повышения уровня образования в области здоровья полости рта для улучшения стоматологических показателей и, возможно, снижения уровня СТ.

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