Use and Practice of Self-Medication for Oral Health Issues in Adults
Received Date: Dec 01, 2022 / Published Date: Dec 30, 2022
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to look into how self-medication for oral health issues is used by people at the University Dental Hospital in Sharjah (UDHS). The types, lengths, and sources of self-medication, as well as the reasons for visits, were noted. Adult patients at UDHS participated in this cross-sectional study. 566 people in all were enlisted using previously established inclusion and exclusion criteria. Self-administered closed-ended questionnaires were used to gather data, and SPSS software version was used to analyse the data. Out of 566 respondents, 400 (70.7%) admitted to using self-medication. The plurality (46%) of people who self-medicated for oral health issues had higher education, despite their line of work was unrelated to oral health, and the average age was 26.9 year.
Citation: Abdullah Z (2022) Use and Practice of Self-Medication for Oral Health Issues in Adults. Occup Med Health 10: 442. Doi: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000442
Copyright: © 2022 Abdullah Z. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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