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Perceived dental needs and attitudes toward dental treatments in HIV-infected Thais

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2012

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9540121

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10.1080/09540121.2012.663884

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AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. Vol 24, No.12 (2012), p.1584-1590

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Rungsiyanont S., Vacharotayangul P., Lam-Ubol A., Ananworanich J., Phanuphak P., Phanuphak N. Perceived dental needs and attitudes toward dental treatments in HIV-infected Thais. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. Vol 24, No.12 (2012), p.1584-1590. doi:10.1080/09540121.2012.663884 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6906

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Perceived dental needs and attitudes toward dental treatments in HIV-infected Thais

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Rungsiyanont S.
 Vacharotayangul P.
 Lam-Ubol A.
 Ananworanich J.
 Phanuphak P.
 Phanuphak N.

Abstract

Despite the advancement in highly active antiretroviral therapy and improved health status of HIV-infected individuals, dental problems are still affecting their life and well-beings. We aimed to establish the prevalence of oral and dental complaints among HIV-infected patients, the prevalence of delayed access to dental service, and factors related with delayed access to dental service. A cross-sectional study using self-report questionnaire completed by the HIV-positive subjects was conducted at the largest HIV research clinic in Thailand during 2009-2010. Of all 299 subjects (28.6% males, 71% females, and 0.4% sex change from male to female: ages ranged from 22 to 59 years [mean 36.7±5.53)]), 84.3% reported of having past or present illnesses or problems related to the dental or oral conditions. The most reported problems were dental hypersensitivity (93.3%), bleeding from the gum (92.1%), and having dental caries (65.9%). Two-hundred and forty-two subjects (80.9%) would not disclose their HIV status when seeing a dentist. The most cited reasons of such behavior were their personal right whether to reveal or not, and being afraid of not receiving dental treatment from the dentists or staffs (51.7 and 40.9%, respectively). It is important to note that HIV-subjects admitted to having fear of being discriminated by the dental staffs even if they trusted their dentists as having high morality. In conclusion, our HIV-subjects had good basic knowledge of oral health with regard to HIV infection, experienced common dental problems, and wished to have accesses to HIV-dental specialist services, if possible. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

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Adult
 Aged
 Analytical research
 Article
 Cross-sectional study
 Dental caries
 Dental procedure
 Dentist
 Fear
 Female
 Gingiva bleeding
 Health
 Health care access
 Health care need
 Human
 Human immunodeficiency virus infection
 Hypersensitivity
 Major clinical study
 Male
 Morality
 Mouth disease
 Patient attitude
 Prevalence
 Priority journal
 Questionnaire
 Self report
 Sex transformation
 Social discrimination
 Thailand
 Adult
 Asian Continental Ancestry Group
 Cross-Sectional Studies
 Dental Care for Chronically Ill
 Dentist-Patient Relations
 Female
 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
 Health Services Accessibility
 Health Services Needs and Demand
 HIV Infections
 Humans
 Male
 Middle Aged
 Oral Health
 Perception
 Prevalence
 Questionnaires
 Self Report
 Thailand
 Young Adult

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