[Questionnaire survey of patients of medical dental organizations in different regions of the Russian Federation on the issues of individual and professional oral hygiene]. / Anketirovanie patsientov meditsinskikh stomatologicheskikh organizatsii razlichnykh regionov RF po voprosam individual'noi i professional'noi gigieny rta.

To analyze the respondents' attitudes to oral hygiene and to assess the need for professional oral hygiene in different regions of the Russian Federation based on the data of questionnaire analysis. OBJECTIVE: To obtain comparative data on the issues of individual and professional oral hygiene of patients of medical dental organizations in a number of Russian cities. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted an anonymous questionnaire survey of 624 patients (18 to 70 years old) who applied to medical dental organizations of different forms of ownership in five regions of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Omsk, Ryazan, Samara, Tambov). Patients were interviewed using a specially designed questionnaire. RESULTS: The study involved patients of medical dental organizations from 5 regions of the Russian Federation, 57.2% of them were women and 42.8% men. In all cities more than 50% of the surveyed patients received care under the MHI program. More than 50% of the surveyed patients said that they tried to brush their teeth twice a day, the rest of the respondents said that they brushed their teeth only twice a day. Up to 27% of patients are not willing to comply with individualized dental care recommendations for various reasons. CONCLUSIONS: Highly motivated patients to high-quality dental hygiene behavior are in minority; according to the results of the study, it can be stated that there is a high need for professional oral hygiene among the surveyed respondents. It is necessary to work with patients to improve hygienic knowledge, skills and motivation for quality oral hygiene.

[The results of quantitative assessment of the level of adherence to treatment in patients of dental medical organizations]. / Rezul'taty kolichestvennoi otsenki urovnya priverzhennosti lecheniyu u patsientov stomatologicheskikh meditsinskikh organizatsii.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of adherence to treatment in patients applying to dental organizations of different forms of ownership. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 1.067 patients of both sexes and various ages who applied to public and private dental organizations of Moscow, Omsk, and Tyumen have been surveyed using the Questionnaire for Quantitative Assessment of Adherence to Treatment (KOP-25), which allows to obtain a quantitative evaluation of the level of adherence to drug treatment, medical support, lifestyle modification, and characterize the level of integral adherence to treatment in patients. Basing on a point rating system of assessment of the responses of the interviewed patients, integrative and structural indicators have been calculated using special formulas. The level of up to 50% has been interpreted as «low¼, from 51 to 75% as «medium¼, over 75% as «high¼. RESULTS: Patients applying to state and privately owned dental organizations have an insufficient level of adherence to treatment (50% medium and 37.4% low), 12.6% of the respondents show high adherence to treatment; adherence to treatment is higher in women, with the highest shown in the group of over 60 years old, independently of the form of ownership of the medical organizations; the interviewed men of all age groups are more inclined to apply for treatment to private medical organizations; all interviewed patients are the least ready for lifestyle modification, women are the most prone to using medication, and the least inclined to treatment are young patients interviewed when applying to public medical organizations. CONCLUSION: Individual treatment adherence assessment allows creating optimal treatment plans with treatment volume most acceptable for patients.