IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v20y2023i21p6969-d1266528.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Willingness for Medical Screening in a Dental Setting—A Pilot Questionnaire Study

Author

Listed:
  • Asiye Özcan

    (Department of Periodontology, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Nina Nijland

    (Department of Periodontology, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Victor E. A. Gerdes

    (Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Department of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, 2134 TM Hoofddorp, The Netherlands)

  • Josef J. M. Bruers

    (Department of Oral Public Health, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Royal Dutch Dental Association (KNMT), 3528 BB Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • Bruno G. Loos

    (Department of Periodontology, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

An important way to manage noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is to focus on prevention, early detection, and reducing associated risk factors. Risk factors can be detected with simple general health checks, which can also be performed in dental clinics. The purpose of this study was to investigate participants’ willingness to participate in general health checks at the dentist, in particular the difference in opinion between medical patients and random healthy dental attendees. A total of 100 medical patients from an outpatient internal medicine clinic and 100 dental clinic attendees were included (total of 200 participants). The participants were asked for their opinion using six closed-ended questions. Overall, 91.0% of participants were receptive to information about the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The majority (80–90%) was receptive to screening for DM and CVD risk, such as weight and height measurements, blood pressure measurement, saliva testing for CVD and to measure glucose and cholesterol via finger stick. No significant differences were found in the frequencies of the responses between the different groups based on health status, age, sex, or cultural background. This study shows that most participants are willing to undergo medical screening at the dentist for early detection and/or prevention of common NCDs.

Suggested Citation

  • Asiye Özcan & Nina Nijland & Victor E. A. Gerdes & Josef J. M. Bruers & Bruno G. Loos, 2023. "Willingness for Medical Screening in a Dental Setting—A Pilot Questionnaire Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(21), pages 1-12, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:21:p:6969-:d:1266528
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/21/6969/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/21/6969/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Yevgeniy Goryakin & Sophie P Thiébaut & Sébastien Cortaredona & M Aliénor Lerouge & Michele Cecchini & Andrea B Feigl & Bruno Ventelou, 2020. "Assessing the future medical cost burden for the European health systems under alternative exposure-to-risks scenarios," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(9), pages 1-14, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Błażej Łyszczarz & Karolina Sowa, 2022. "Production losses due to mortality associated with modifiable health risk factors in Poland," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 23(1), pages 33-45, February.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:21:p:6969-:d:1266528. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.