Dentist gender-related differences in patients' oral health behaviour
Dentist gender-related differences in patients' oral health behaviour
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DOI：
10.2334/josnusd.18-0462
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Yamashita, Yoshihisa
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作者：
Takeuchi, Kenji;Noguchi, Yuki;Yamashita, Yoshihisa
这项研究旨在确定由男性和女性牙医定期检查的患者的口腔健康行为是否存在差异。这项分析是基于2017年1月至2月对354名日本社区居民(年龄中值=54岁；145名男性和209名女性)进行的横断面调查。通过自填式问卷调查获得口腔健康行为的人口学特征和相关因素数据。在调整了潜在的混杂因素后，研究了常规牙医性别与患者定期牙科检查和牙间清洁性能之间的关系。在受访者中。88.7%和11.3%的人报告有男性和女性定期牙医。在多因素Logistic回归模型中，女性牙医定期检查的患者与男性牙医定期检查的患者相比，每年至少看一次牙科检查(OR=2.23，95%可信区间[CI]=1.09~4.55)和使用牙间清洁剂(OR=2.62，95%CI=1.03~6.71)的可能性更高。女性牙医定期检查的患者往往比男性牙医定期检查的患者有更多的预防性口腔健康行为。这些发现表明，牙医性别对患者的口腔健康行为具有重要的临床意义。
This study aimed at determining whether oral health behavior differs between patients regularly checked by male and female dentists. The analysis was based on a cross-sectional survey of 354 Japanese community residents (median age = 54 years; 145 men and 209 women) conducted in a municipality from January to February 2017. Data on demographic characteristics and factors associated with oral health behavior were obtained through self-administered questionnaires. The association between regular dentist gender and patients' regular dental care check-up and interdental cleaning performance was examined after adjusting for potential confounders. Among respondents. 88.7% and 11.3% reported having male and female regular dentists, respectively. In a multivariate logistic regression model, patients regularly checked by female dentists had an increased likelihood of visiting their dentist for dental care check-up at least once every year (odds ratio [OR] = 2.23, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.09-4.55) and using an interdental cleaner (OR = 2.62, 95% CI = 1.03-6.71) compared to those regularly checked by male dentists. Patients regularly checked by female dentists tended to have more preventive oral health behaviors than those regularly checked by male dentists. These findings suggest that dentist gender has important clinical implications for patients oral health behavior.