Usage Of Dental General Anesthesia And Assessment Of Fear Among Special Needs And Non-Special Needs Children In Kota Bharu, Kelantan

• Main Author: Al-Hidabi, Fatima Dawood
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: RK1-715 Dentistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/41266/1/Fatima_Dawood_Al-Hidabi24.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/41266/

Pengenalan: Anestesia Umum Pergigian (AUP) diguna dengan meluas untuk memudahkan rawatan pergigian agar selamat dan berkesan untuk pesakit yang mempunyai masalah fizikal, mental dan berkompromi perubatan lagi takut dan tidak responsif kepada teknik ubahsuai tingkah laku. Kajian ini bertujuan menentukan jenis rawatan yang dilakukan di bawah AUP dan menilai tahap takut dalam kalangan subkjek. Kaedah: Satu kajian hirisan lintang retrospektif telah dijalankan ke atas 193 subjek sihat dan 193 subjek berkeupayaan khusus yang berumur kurang dari 18 tahun di dua pusat rujukan tertiari di Kota Bharu, Kelantan dari tahun 2001-2006 untuk mengenalpasti penggunaan AUP. Soalselidik Child Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) diguna untuk menerangkan perasaan takut. Keputusan: Purata umur subjek adalah 7.4 (4.11) tahun. Masalah perubatan dalam kalangan pesakit berkeupayaan khusus termasuk kardiovaskular, respiratori, syndrom, endokrin, perdarahan, anomali kraniofasial, neurologi, kerosakan pelbagai sistem badan, autisme, miopati, metabolik dan HIV. Introduction: Dental general anesthesia (DGA) is widely used to facilitate the provision of safe and effective treatment for patients with physical, mental and medically compromising conditions and anxious patients who fail to respond to behavior modification techniques. This study aims to determine types of dental treatment and assess perceived level of fear among study subjects.0 Materials and methods: A comparative retrospective record review study of 193 special needs and 193 non-special needs subjects aged less than 18 years was undertaken at two tertiary centers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan from 2001-2006 to explore the utilization of DGA. Postal Child Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) was used to describe dental anxiety and fear. Results: Mean age was 7.4 (4.11) years. Medical problems among special needs children were cardiovascular, respiratory, syndromes, endocrine, bleeding, craniofacial anomalies, neurology, multi-system disorders, autism, myopathy, metabolic and HIV.