Self-Care Remedies Used to Relive Dental Pain among Sudanese Patients at Omdurman Military Dental Hospital in 2020
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Background: Self-medication and self remedies are part of the larger frame of self-care and can be defined as obtaining and consuming drugs and materials without the advice of a physician either for diagnosis or treatment.
Aim: the type of self-care remedies utilized for dental pain relief by patients in Omdurman Military Dental Hospital.
Methods: A cross sectional study of a representative sample of 300 male and female dental patients from Omdurman Military Dental Hospital, the data derived from this research was collected by modified self administered questionnaires. The data has been analyzed using SPSS version 23
Results: The study included 300 participants (56% male, and 44% female). The age of the participant's started at 18 years old with most of the respondents aged between 32 and 51. The most frequently used remedy was cloves (16.33%) along with a wide variety of other remedies. The potentiating factors for this usage included personal preference, self-apprehension, high costs and a lack of dental health services (35%). Although a number of complications were associated with those remedies such as pain (13%), bad smell (9.67%), discoloration (7%) and irritation (6.67%). 58% of participants stated that they don’t know about the side effects of using those self-care remedies. This indicated a low level of awareness about the risk of oral health problems among the study population.
Conclusions: Patients in Omdurman Dental Military Hospital reported noticeable use of self-remedies especially cloves and the potentiating factors for this usage included personal preference, self-apprehension, high costs and a lack of dental health services
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