Utilisation trends and oral health-related quality of life among patients attending Visiting Dental Services in Selangor

Munirah  Paiizi; Nawwal Alwani Mohd Radzi; Nor Faezah  Md Bohari

doi:10.31436/ijohs.v5i1.274

Authors

Munirah Paiizi Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh 47000, Selangor, Malaysia & Ministry of Health, Putrajaya 62590, Malaysia.
Nawwal Alwani Mohd Radzi Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh 47000, Selangor, Malaysia.
Nor Faezah Md Bohari Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh 47000, Selangor, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/ijohs.v5i1.274

Keywords:

Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Short Oral Health Impact Profile (S-OHIP), Visiting Dental Service

Abstract

This study aimed to assess utilisation trends and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among patients attending Visiting Dental Service (VDS) in Selangor, Malaysia. This two-phased study involved a secondary analysis of data from the Selangor VDS's (seventeen VDSs) patient database (2017 to 2019) and a cross-sectional survey among patients from twelve VDSs. A self-administered questionnaire that consisted of a validated Short Oral Health Impact Profile (S-OHIP) scale was used. The S-OHIP score for each participant was calculated using Additive Scores (ADD) that range from being the "least affected" with a score of 0 to the "most affected" with a score of 56. Statistical analysis was done using a t-test and one-way ANOVA, with the statistical significance set at p=0.05. This study found that the adult group and Malay ethnicity recorded the highest attendance from 2017 to 2019. Extraction of permanent teeth was the most frequently provided treatment from 2017 to 2019 (70.2%, 67.6%, 61.2%). A total of 124 respondents from twelve VDSs completed the survey. The mean age was 32.72 ± 9.75 years old. The respondents' mean total score of S-OHIP was 9.69 ± 7.64 and significantly differed by gender (p=0.007). The S-OHIP dimension that mainly affected the respondents was psychological discomfort due to 'food stuck' (18.5%). VDS utilisation trends in Selangor increased from 2017 to 2019, with dental extraction being the treatment in demand. The OHRQoL of patients attending the VDSs was encouraging despite the less-than-ideal condition, highlighting the urgent need for a more permanent solution to VDS.

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