Dental prosthetic treatment needs of inpatients with schizophrenia in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health

Hsien-Jane Chiu³  Lin-Yang Chi⁴  Pesus Chou¹  Nan-Ping Yang⁵  Kuan-Yu Chu² 

[1] Institute of Public Health & Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Dentistry, Tao-Yuan General Hospital, DOH, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan;Department of Psychiatry, Jianan Mental Hospital, DOH, Tainan, Taiwan;Department of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Geriatrics, Tao-Yuan General Hospital, DOH, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

关键词: Schizophrenia;    Treatment needs;    Removable prosthesis;    Fixed prosthesis;   

Others  :  1126155
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-13-8

 received in 2012-11-05, accepted in 2013-01-16,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The need to obtain information on the dental prosthetic treatment needs (DPTNs) of inpatients with schizophrenia is unrecognized. This study aims to assess the DPTNs of this population and investigate the association between these needs and related factors.

Methods

The results of an oral health survey involving 1,103 schizophrenic adult inpatients in a long-term care institution in Taiwan were used. Chi-square tests and multiple logistic analyses were used to measure the independent effects of the characteristics of each subject on their DPTNs.

Results

Of the subjects, 805 (73.0%) were men and 298 (27.0%) were women. The mean age was 50.8 years. A total of 414 (37.5%) required fixed prosthesis, whereas 700 (63.5%) needed removable prosthesis. Multivariate analyses show that fixed prosthesis is associated with age only after adjusting for other potential independent variables. Older subjects who had a lower educational attainment or a longer length of stay required removable prosthesis.

Conclusions

The findings of this study show that the DPTNs of schizophrenic inpatients are not being met. Therefore, a special approach to the dental prosthetic treatment of these patients should be developed.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Chu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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