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Perceived barriers to oral health care access : a cross-sectional case study research method / Prabhat Kumar Chaudhari [and six others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chaudhari, Prabhat Kumar, author.
- Series:
- SAGE Research Methods Cases : Medicine and Health.
- SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dental surveys--Case studies.
- Dental surveys.
- Mouth--Care and hygiene--Case studies.
- Mouth.
- Health services accessibility--Case studies.
- Health services accessibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020.
- Summary:
- The traditional concept of access to oral health care refers to the ability of a patient to obtain or make use of oral health care. This cross-sectional study assesses the perceived barriers that prevent people from seeking appropriate and timely oral health care. Two hundred participants attending the dental clinics of Dental College were selected by applying a systematic random sampling method. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to the distribution of a structured, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire asking information on demographic data, dental visit behavior, and perceived barriers to oral health care access to be listed in order of the most important factors that constitute barriers to access regular oral health care services. Descriptive statistics were performed on the socio-demographic variables and barriers to oral health care access. Based on the results, the misconception regarding dental treatment (59%) was the most important barrier, followed by time constraints (14.5%) and dissatisfaction with the quality of services (14.5%) as second most important, to continue with accessibility to the nearest dental clinic (7%) being third most important, and dental fear (5%) was the least important variable. Our findings demonstrate that misconception regarding dental treatment is the most important barrier, and dental fear is the least important variable that prevents people from seeking dental treatment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 1-5297-4277-3
- 9781529742770
- OCLC:
- 1162439290
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