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Young adults' views on dental care: a qualitative analysis
1996 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, ISSN 0283-9318, E-ISSN 1471-6712, Vol. 10, no 4, p. 197-204Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of the present study was to determine young adults' views on dental care. The gathered data were gleaned from interviews and analysed in accordance with comparative method. It was possible to discern the views from two perspectives: the patients' opinions regarding costs in relation to given functions within dental care, and the attitudes to given functions in dental care per se. Costs for information and service were deemed questionable, whereas the costs for examination and treatment were accepted. The patients' stance was active with respect to information and treatment, whereas a greater degree of passivity prevailed within the areas of examination and service. According to this report, maintaining cheap dental care rates was deemed important. The patients questioned having to pay for information perceived as irrelevant to dental care. They expressed a hidden wish to assume an active role while being given more information, and to exercise greater influence with reference to own dental care, but were not in the habit of stating their views to dental staff. Thus, continuous patient satisfaction studies are vital in order to meet this group's needs. One suggestion for further research is to study how young adults regard dental care based on the theory presented.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 1996. Vol. 10, no 4, p. 197-204
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Dentistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-37455DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1996.tb00337.xPubMedID: 9060773OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-37455DiVA, id: diva2:1508281
Available from: 2020-12-10 Created: 2020-12-10 Last updated: 2020-12-10Bibliographically approved
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1. Oral health-related quality of life and young adults
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2009 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Syftet var att ur ett folkhälsoperspektiv beskriva och analysera olika instrument för att mäta livskvalitet som är relaterad till oral hälsa (OHRQOL) och att undersöka ungavuxnas syn på tandvården.Metoderna som användes var en litteraturstudie (Arbete I) och en empirisk studie med kvalitativ design (Arbete II). Tjugotvå mätinstrument för oral hälsorelateradlivskvalitet (OHRQOL) analyserades ur ett folkhälsoperspektiv för att bedömahuruvida fyra principer förknippade med folkhälsoarbete återfanns i instrumenten. De fyra principerna var empowerment, deltagande, holism och jämlikhet.I Arbete II intervjuades unga vuxna i åldern 21- 30 år, som gjorde regelbundnatandvårdsbesök, om sin syn på tandvården. Data från 11 intervjuer analyserades ienlighet med komparativ metod.Resultatet i Arbete I visade att det fanns inslag av de fyra principerna förfolkhälsoarbete i mätinstrumenten för OHRQOL. Det fanns mätinstrument för olikaåldrar men inga mätinstrument var specifikt anpassade till unga vuxna. I Arbete IIframkom två olika principiella synsätt i de unga vuxnas syn på tandvården: patientenssyn på tandvårdskostnader och patientens förhållningssätt till beskrivna funktionerinom tandvården. Tandvårdskostnaderna såväl som synpunkter på behandlingen, somde dock inte framförde till tandvårdspersonalen, bedömdes vara viktiga.Unga vuxna tycks ha specifika synpunkter och krav på tandvården som inte speglas ide analyserade mätinstrumenten för OHRQOL. En angelägen uppgift skulle därförvara att undersöka unga vuxnas behov och förväntningar vad gäller oralhälsorelaterad livskvalitet och tandvård.

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The aims were to describe and analyse measures for oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) from a Public Health perspective and to determine young adults' views on dental care.The methods used included one literature review (Paper I) and one empirical studywith qualitative design (Paper II). In Paper I, twenty-two measures for oral healthrelatedquality of life (OHRQOL) were analysed from a public health perspective asto the mirroring of the health promotion principles empowerment, participation,holism and equity. In Paper II, regular dental attenders in Sweden aged 21-30 wereinterviewed about their views on dental care. Data from eleven interviews wereanalysed in accordance with the constant comparative method.The results in Paper I showed, that elements of the public health principles werefound in the OHRQOL measures. There were measures developed for different agesbut no measures were specifically adapted to young adults. In Paper II, two principalviews in young adults’ views on dental care were discerned: patients’ attitudes todental care costs and attitudes to given functions within dental care. Dental care costs, as well as the patients’ views on the treatment, however not expressed to the dental staff, were deemed important.Young adults were found to have specific views and demands on received dental carethat was not mirrored in the instruments. An urgent task would therefore be to exploreyoung adults’needs and expectations regarding their OHRQOL and dental care.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Faculty of Odontology, 2009. p. 68
Series
Malmö University Odontological Dissertations, ISSN 1650-6065
National Category
Dentistry
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urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-7759 (URN)8591 (Local ID)91-7104-307-1 (ISBN)8591 (Archive number)8591 (OAI)
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