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

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

SUBMITTER: Ozcan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10650185 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature