Perceived Need for Dental Care Among Persons Living with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Capilouto, Eli; Piette, John D.; White, Benjamin; Fleishman, John A.

doi:10.1097/00005650-199108000-00007

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“…The lower level of unmet needs observed among 79(n= 104, 51.0%) who were employed could be that they could afford care (see Table 5). This agreed with Capilouto et al (13), that the higher-income earners were not likely to report a dental need. The result obtained in this study was likely to be due to the low income status of the subjects, which might not have afforded them the expressed need for their oral conditions.…”

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“…The possible reasons for this may be due to poor oral health awareness of the PLWHAs and that of the general population in Nigeria, poor access to modern dental treatment and high ratio of dentists to the general population who are majority located in the urban centres (25). None the less, Oral health care workers should be competent to care and manage oral HIV lesions especially as the disease proceeds to advance stage (13,16). Dutton (6) proposed higher unmet health needs with those earning lower income, public or with no insurance.…”

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“…The majority of the participants in the present study earned below the poverty line per annum (20) and had no medical insurance. These factors may result in the lack of enabling factors for meeting their health needs as the period of diagnosis of HIV/AIDS increases (13,15,24).…”

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“…Nearly half were in need of dental care the previous year, but could not obtain it. It has been reported that more than half of PLWHA indicated the need for dental care in the previous three months before the survey (13). Mascarenhas and Smith (14), observed that PLWHA who perceived that their oral health as "excellent", had a significantly lower odds ratio of use (OR, 034, 95% CI, 0.12-0.93) in that they tended to use the dental services much less once they felt their oral health was good.…”

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Self-Perceived And Unmet General Health Need Among Plwha In Nigeria

Ogunbodede²,

So³

et al. 2009

East Afr. J. Pub. Health

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Objective: This study set out to determine the self-reported unmet health needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in a Nigerian population. Methods: A prospective study conducted among consecutive 209 consenting PLWHA in the South-western Nigeria; who sought for care in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals complex, Ile-Ife and General Hospital, Ilesa were recruited. Participants completed a comprehensive survey seeking information to determine their unmet needs in the following areas: Medication, Dental, Mental, Home care, Hospital admission, access to antiretroviral therapy and emergency services. Results: One or more unmet needs were reported by 79.4% of the sample. Needs for medication, home-based care and mental care were more likely to be unmet. There was a statistically significant relationship between unmet needs and living arrangements (p<0.05). Conclusions: Perceived oral health status was the factor that best predicted the unmet need. Perceived oral health status of these patients should be improved to reduce the level of the unmet needs.

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et al. 2009

East Afr. J. Pub. Health

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“…13 Other studies have reported an unmet need for oral health care among PLWHA ranging from 5% to 52% in the pre-cART era; the inability to pay for dental care was the primary reason for not receiving care. [13][14][15][16][17][18] More than a decade since the HCSUS, barriers to dental care for PLWHA persist, in part due to lack of coverage through private insurance and the dwindling benefits provided by state Medicaid programs, as well as patients' inability to pay for dental services out-of-pocket. Other barriers to care include the inability to find an HIV-friendly dentist, fear of going to the dentist, and concerns about confidentiality.…”

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Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: Baseline Evaluation Results of the Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative

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Perceived needs and unmet needs for formal services among people with HIV disease

Piette

Fleishman²,

Stein³

et al. 1993

J Community Health

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This study presents estimates of the prevalence of perceived needs and unmet needs among people with HIV disease in the United States for six areas of community services: mental health, drug treatment, home care, housing, transportation, and entitlements. The prevalence of service needs and unmet needs within racial, gender, drug use history, and other subgroups was also examined. The study is based on a nonrandom cross-sectional sample of 907 people with HIV disease interviewed between November 1988 and May 1989 in nine major urban areas of the United States. Respondents reported high levels of need and unmet need across a variety of service areas. One third or more of all respondents reported a need for mental health services (57%), housing (39%), entitlements (34%), and transportation (32%). Within each of the six service areas, 40% or more reported unmet need. Women, people of color, and injected drug users were more likely to report unmet service need in a number of areas. Given the limitations of the sampling and the focus on current needs, these estimates may represent a lower bound on the magnitude of service need and unmet need within this population.

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Perceived Need for Dental Care Among Persons Living with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Cited by 32 publications

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Self-Perceived And Unmet General Health Need Among Plwha In Nigeria

Self-Perceived And Unmet General Health Need Among Plwha In Nigeria

Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: Baseline Evaluation Results of the Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative

Perceived needs and unmet needs for formal services among people with HIV disease

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