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

BMC Oral Health

Research Article

Lin-Yang Chi¹  Kuan-Yu Chu²  Hsien-Jane Chiu³  Pesus Chou⁴  Nan-Ping Yang⁵ 

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

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

DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-13-8

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

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 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.MethodsThe 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.ResultsOf 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.ConclusionsThe 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】

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