Conference abstract
Sources of oral health information among dental patients attending the university college hospital, Ibadan
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2022:13(30).03
Feb 2022.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2022.13.30.893
Archived on: 03 Feb 2022
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Keywords: Dental patients, oral health information, patient education, sources
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Sources of oral health information among dental patients attending the university college hospital, Ibadan
Folake Barakat Lawal1,&, Abimbola Muinat Oladayo1
1Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: to determine sources of oral health information among dental patients attending the University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria.
Methods: a cross sectional study was conducted among patients aged 16 years and older attending the dental outpatients of the University College Hospital, Ibadan using both self and interviewer administered questionnaires as data collection tool. Data on sources of oral health information to the patients and their biodata obtained was analysed with SPSS version 23.
Results: a total of 292 patients with mean age of 38.4 (SD = 16.3) years participated in the study of which, 147 (50.3%) were females, 221 (75.7%) had tertiary education and 188 (64.4%) had received information about oral health. Major sources of oral health information were dental clinics 174 (92.6%) and schools 6 (3.2%). The educators/resource persons were dentists 105 (55.9%), nurses/therapists 67 (35.6%), and designation was unknown in 16 (8.5%). Females were more likely to have received oral health information (OR = 1.8, CI = 1.1 – 3.0, p = 0.021). Those with previous dental visits were also more likely to have received information about their oral health (OR = 2.6, CI = 1.6 – 4.2, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: dental clinics and dentists were major sources of oral health information. Being female and previous dental visits were significant positive predictors of recipients of oral health information. Other sources of oral health information should be worked on for wide dissemination.
Sources of oral health information among dental patients attending the university college hospital, Ibadan
Folake Barakat Lawal1,&, Abimbola Muinat Oladayo1
1Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
&Corresponding author
Introduction: to determine sources of oral health information among dental patients attending the University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria.
Methods: a cross sectional study was conducted among patients aged 16 years and older attending the dental outpatients of the University College Hospital, Ibadan using both self and interviewer administered questionnaires as data collection tool. Data on sources of oral health information to the patients and their biodata obtained was analysed with SPSS version 23.
Results: a total of 292 patients with mean age of 38.4 (SD = 16.3) years participated in the study of which, 147 (50.3%) were females, 221 (75.7%) had tertiary education and 188 (64.4%) had received information about oral health. Major sources of oral health information were dental clinics 174 (92.6%) and schools 6 (3.2%). The educators/resource persons were dentists 105 (55.9%), nurses/therapists 67 (35.6%), and designation was unknown in 16 (8.5%). Females were more likely to have received oral health information (OR = 1.8, CI = 1.1 – 3.0, p = 0.021). Those with previous dental visits were also more likely to have received information about their oral health (OR = 2.6, CI = 1.6 – 4.2, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: dental clinics and dentists were major sources of oral health information. Being female and previous dental visits were significant positive predictors of recipients of oral health information. Other sources of oral health information should be worked on for wide dissemination.
