Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Objectives: To explore reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was carried out among 77 patients with oral health problems (OHPs) who seek treatment at 3 different primary care clinics - a...

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Main Authors: Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Thuraiapprah , D. M., Yusoff, Azizah, Aung, Ting Mg, Sulong, Robiatu Adawiyah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
English
Published: 2013
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R Medicine (General)
RK Dentistry
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/1/No_5_%28OHPs_%26_Epidata_of_3_clinics_Kuantan%29_Preague_Czech_Republic_2013_June_26th.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/4/wonca-draft-scientific-programme-140413-web_19.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/7/Presentation1.pdf
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spelling iium-342942015-01-26T02:31:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/ Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Tin, Myo Han Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Thuraiapprah , D. M. Yusoff, Azizah Aung, Ting Mg Sulong, Robiatu Adawiyah R Medicine (General) RK Dentistry Objectives: To explore reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was carried out among 77 patients with oral health problems (OHPs) who seek treatment at 3 different primary care clinics - a university primary care clinic (International Islamic University, Malaysia), a public primary care clinic (Balok block) and private polyclinic (Klinik Ar Razi) - of Kuantan, Malaysia from 1st April to 31st July 2012. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire with open-ended questions was used to the collect the data. Reasons for seeking treatments were analysed by types of clinics. Findings: Reasons given by patients for seeking treatment for OHPs at 3 primary care clinics were easily accessible to primary care clinics (17%), preferring to and requiring services provided by primary care physicians because of co-morbidity with medical diseases (12%), getting emergency services (5%) and non-specific reasons which were the same as reason for encounter (56%). Reasons for seeking treatment for OHPs were significantly different (p<0.05) among the patients from 3 different primary care clinics. Conclusion: This study proved that primary care physicians may play as one of key partners for oral health promotion, prevention and emergency oral health care because of co-morbidity with medical diseases and nature of practices. Thus, primary and emergency oral health care training should be provided to primary care physicians not only to offer the standard oral health care to patients but also to assist in coordinative care with oral health care providers. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/1/No_5_%28OHPs_%26_Epidata_of_3_clinics_Kuantan%29_Preague_Czech_Republic_2013_June_26th.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/4/wonca-draft-scientific-programme-140413-web_19.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/7/Presentation1.pdf Tin, Myo Han and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Thuraiapprah , D. M. and Yusoff, Azizah and Aung, Ting Mg and Sulong, Robiatu Adawiyah (2013) Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. In: Wonca 2013 Prague 20th World Conference , 25-29 June 2013, Prague, Czech Republic.
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English
English
topic R Medicine (General)
RK Dentistry
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
RK Dentistry
Tin, Myo Han
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Thuraiapprah , D. M.
Yusoff, Azizah
Aung, Ting Mg
Sulong, Robiatu Adawiyah
Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
description Objectives: To explore reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was carried out among 77 patients with oral health problems (OHPs) who seek treatment at 3 different primary care clinics - a university primary care clinic (International Islamic University, Malaysia), a public primary care clinic (Balok block) and private polyclinic (Klinik Ar Razi) - of Kuantan, Malaysia from 1st April to 31st July 2012. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire with open-ended questions was used to the collect the data. Reasons for seeking treatments were analysed by types of clinics. Findings: Reasons given by patients for seeking treatment for OHPs at 3 primary care clinics were easily accessible to primary care clinics (17%), preferring to and requiring services provided by primary care physicians because of co-morbidity with medical diseases (12%), getting emergency services (5%) and non-specific reasons which were the same as reason for encounter (56%). Reasons for seeking treatment for OHPs were significantly different (p<0.05) among the patients from 3 different primary care clinics. Conclusion: This study proved that primary care physicians may play as one of key partners for oral health promotion, prevention and emergency oral health care because of co-morbidity with medical diseases and nature of practices. Thus, primary and emergency oral health care training should be provided to primary care physicians not only to offer the standard oral health care to patients but also to assist in coordinative care with oral health care providers.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Tin, Myo Han
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Thuraiapprah , D. M.
Yusoff, Azizah
Aung, Ting Mg
Sulong, Robiatu Adawiyah
author_facet Tin, Myo Han
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Thuraiapprah , D. M.
Yusoff, Azizah
Aung, Ting Mg
Sulong, Robiatu Adawiyah
author_sort Tin, Myo Han
title Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_short Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort primary oral health care: reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics of kuantan, pahang, malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/1/No_5_%28OHPs_%26_Epidata_of_3_clinics_Kuantan%29_Preague_Czech_Republic_2013_June_26th.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/4/wonca-draft-scientific-programme-140413-web_19.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/34294/7/Presentation1.pdf
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