Oral health assessment during Covid-19 pandemic: community self-report questionnaire
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چکیده
ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic situation has affected community activities, work, income whichdecreased, psychological disorders such as stress, and limited accessibility to dental practice service,which is now for emergency cases only. This condition can affect oral health in the community. Thisstudy aimed assess during pandemic. was implementing a cross-sectional research design. Data were obtained from onlinequestionnaires with respondent's consent. sample selection inclusion criteria comprised 1960yearsoldwholivedinBandungWestJava.Theself-reportquestionnairefororalhealthassessmentwasfollowed,thepreviousresearch,byLevinetal.,2013.Ithasbeentrans-adaptedtoBahasaIndonesiaandvalidated.Respondentsofthestudywere380participants.Poororalhygienemaintenancewasthewrongfrequencyofbrushingteeth(12.1%),onlyvisitingthedentistwhenhavingatoothache(72.9%),andsmoking(7.9%).Oralhealthproblemsincludegingivalbleedingonbrushing(15.3%),toothmobility(13.2%),tooth cavities (62.9%), toothache (27.1%), bad breath (22.6%). Most of healthproblems tooth followed by toothache. contributing factors include poor hygienemaintenance, improper brushing, smoking habits, infrequent care. Furthermore, theaccessibility availability services are limited.Therefore, it reasonable say that self-examination probably could minimize distancingrelatedprobleminthisCovid-19pandemicsituationandbehelpfulintheearlydetectionoforalhealthproblems.KEYWORDS: assessment, pandemic,
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JDS (Journal of Syiah Kuala Dentistry Society)
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2502-0412']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24815/jds.v6i1.21894